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Forrest Burnham

Forrest Burnham talks about his five most influential books:

1. Inkheart--"I loved the thought that anything could happen when you read."

2. The Hobbit--"Words can't even describe how epic this was!"

3. Magyk--"I liked this book because of how magical it was."

4. Percy Jackson--"I love the story, and their super powers are intriguing."

5. Red Wall--"This is the book that first got me interested in reading novels."

How you know the Burnham Brothers:

They are a band of three brothers--Alex (guitar), Andre (bass and keyboards) and Forrest (vocalist) Burnham--who have been performing together for seven years and are set to take the music industry by storm. They recently scored a major record deal with Antonio "LA" Reid, C.E.O. and chairman of Island Def Jam Records.

Their Island Def Jam debut album represents their first time co-writing with such established producers as OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder, Brian Kennedy (Chris Brown, Rihanna, Backstreet Boys, Jesse McCartney), the N.Y.-based Norwegian production team Espionage of Espen Lind and Amund Bjorklund (Train’s “Hey, Soul Sister” and Beyonce’s “Irreplaceable”), and James Bourne of Busted (“Year 3000”).