title: Firebloods
author: Hays, Casey
description: Jude Gallagher thought she was crazy.
  
   It all started when the boy next door made her hear musicâ€”inside her head. All the time.
  
   It was torture.
  
   She didnâ€™t think things could get worse. But then one hot summer, her best friend Kane Oâ€™Reilly decides to tell her how he really feels about her. Music inside her head? Thatâ€™s nothing compared what happens next.
  
   Things only turn stranger when she and her lab partner Frankie Melmack begin a project to prove the existence of the Vatra u Krviâ€”a race of people tied to the mythical Phoenix. Add in a neglectful mother and a magic ring, and the insanity that defines Judeâ€™s life is pretty well complete.
  
   Heat surges across the Nevada desert, and the best and worst parts of Jude Gallagherâ€™s life collide as myth meets reality. In the middle of the chaos, she begins to hear more than just music. And she has to wonderâ€¦
  
   Maybe... just maybeâ€¦ she really is crazy after all.