Full Product Details
Author: Sara Bennett Wealer ,
Sara Bennett-Wealer
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint: HarperCollins
Dimensions:
Width: 21.60cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 14.80cm
Weight: 0.418kg
ISBN: 9780061827624
ISBN 10: 0061827622
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 15 February 2011
Recommended Age: From 13 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
Fast paced and readable. The frequent musical references give the story an original twist. --School Library Journal A balanced, insightful picture of the ups and downs of a friendship undone by envy. --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Wealer's debut novel establishes realistic situations and dialogue, empathy for all sorts of teens, and challenging themes that command a reader's thought and attention. These complex, interesting, believable protagonists will satisfy many readers who pick up the book expecting a lighter sort of musical read and instead find real substance. --Booklist Awesome, awesome, and more awesome. Not one wrong note. --Lauren Myracle, New York Times bestselling author This book gets it all exactly right--friendships, envy, and the fact that you can never truly know another person. --Sara Zarr, National Book Award finalist This quick paced and solid debut novel has all the drama of real high school. Think Glee, only with chamber music. --Kirkus Reviews Wealer has a talent for depicting the fragile moments on which friendships are made and broken. --Publishers Weekly Wealer has done a wonderful job creating intensity in the characters. Rival will be gobbled up by teens who have enjoyed books such as Sara Shepard's Pretty Little Liars as well as teens looking for a fast-paced, action-filled story. --Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) Awesome, awesome, and more awesome. Not one wrong note. --Lauren Myracle, New York Times bestselling author This book gets it all exactly right friendships, envy, and the fact that you can never truly know another person. --Sara Zarr, National Book Award finalist
Fast paced and readable. The frequent musical references give the story an original twist. --School Library Journal
This quick paced and solid debut novel has all the drama of real high school. Think Glee, only with chamber music. --Kirkus Reviews
Awesome, awesome, and more awesome. Not one wrong note. --Lauren Myracle, New York Times bestselling author
A balanced, insightful picture of the ups and downs of a friendship undone by envy. --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Author Information
Sara Bennett Wealer grew up in Manhattan, Kansas (the ""Little Apple""), where she sang with the show choir and wrote for her high school newspaper. She majored in voice at the University of Kansas before deciding she had no business trying to become an opera singer. Sara now lives in Cincinnati with her husband and two daughters, and she still sings when her schedule allows.
