Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
308 p. ; 22 cm. |
Indexed In: |
School Library Journal starred, March 2020 |
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Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, June 2020 |
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Library Media Connection, May 2020 |
Summary |
"After seventeen-year-old Claire Alalay's father's death, only music has helped her channel her grief. Claire likes herself best when she plays his old piano, a welcome escape from the sadness - and her traditional Filipino mother's prayer groups. In the hopes of earning a college scholarship, Claire loses herself in Paul's world and his way of digging into a composition's emotional core. She practices constantly, foregoing a social life, but no matter how hard she works or how well she plays, it seems impossible to gain Paul's approval, let alone his affection"--Amazon |
Audience |
Young Adult Follett School Solutions. |
Subject |
Teenage girls -- Fiction.
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Pianists -- Fiction.
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Teacher-student relationship -- Fiction.
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Fathers -- Death -- Fiction.
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Genre/Form |
Bildungsromans.
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ISBN |
9781536209600 |
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