Pick It Up!

Sailor Grimspoon's life is stagnant-her commitment to music feels more like a rut, and everyone around her is moving on. Her drum students are dropping like flies, her best friend is moving across the country, and every "Drummer Wanted" ad on Craigslist is at least slightly sexist. But Sailor can't leave Southern California because she's constantly on call for her eccentric hippie mother, who is too flaky to clean out the lint trap or pay her bills on time.

Jake Rosenblatt, Sailor's high sch...