Come Sing Jimmy Jo Book

James Johnson is the shy 11-year-old son of a singing family which includes his mom, Olive, and daddy, Jerry Lee, uncle, Eddie, and grandpa. James stays at home with his grandma whose voice has gotten old while the rest of the Family go out to entertain and make a living. After Olive hires a manager for the group, they have a one night performance not to far from home so Jerry Lee asks James to go along. They include James in one song and a scout for a TV country music show hears them and offers them a regular weekly appearance on "Countrytime" TV show. Their lives change dramatically that night. James really doesn't want to travel and sing with them because he is so shy and he'd much rather stay with his Grandma. But there is no deal with out James. He also has to take the stage name of Jimmy Jo-which he hates and his mother insists he perform without his glasses. The Family moves to Tidewater where the show is produced, James is enrolled in a new school, and Grandma stays behind. James makes two friends in school-the nerdy smart rich kid, and the tall black gang leader. Both boys help James to cope with the teacher and the other kids in the class and James hates all that has happened to him and there's a bunch more to come.