Jimi & Me by Jaime Adoff

From inside cover:

After the sudden and violent death of his father, there remains only one certainty in Keith James's life:  everything is going to be different now. Barely a month has passed, and Keith is being forced to move from big-city Brooklyn, New York, to small-town Hollow Falls, Ohio.

Keith enters the eighth grade at his new school, not surprised to find he's the only one with an Afro, a wardrobe straight out of the '60s, and a zealous appreciation of Jimi Hendrix, the greatest guitarist who ever live. Struggling to start over, Keith finds comfort in Jimi's music, wisdom in his lyrics, and a connection to the man himself -- Jimi was a left-hander who loved to write music and poetry, just like Keith.

Soon, however, Keith discovers there may be a journey even more painful than coming to peace with his father's death -- coming to peace with his father's life. As powerful secrets from his dad's past come to light, the man Keith once worshipped suddenly becomes the man he hardly knew. Everything is going to be different now.

Jaime Adoff is the author of two critically acclaimed books for young adults:  The Song Shoots Out of My Mouth and Names Will Never Hurt Me, his first novel. He is the son of the late Newberry Award-winning author Virginia Hamilton and renowned poet Arnold Adoff.

Jimi & Me
by Jaime Adoff

ISBN: 0786852143
ISBN-13: 9780786852147
Publisher: Jump at the Sun (Hyperion Books)
Publication Date: 2005
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Book Type: New