Download or read book DJ Rising written by Love Maia and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2012-02-06 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first thing I hear is music. The first thing I've always heard is music. Meet Marley, an unassuming high school junior who breathes in music like oxygen. In between caring for his heroin-addicted mother, and keeping his scholarship at a fancy prep school, he dreams of becoming a professional DJ. When chance lands Marley his first real DJ job, his career as "DJ Ice" suddenly skyrockets. But when heart-rending disaster at home brings Marley crashing back down to earth, he is torn between obligation and following his dreams.