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Wonderful feels like this
Record details
- ISBN: 1250095239
- ISBN: 9781250095237
- ISBN: 9781250095244 : PAP
- ISBN: 1250095247 : PAP
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Physical Description:
305 pages ; 22 cm
print - Edition: First U.S. edition
- Publisher: New York : Flatiron Books, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in Sweden in 2013 as Hjarta av jazz by Piratforlaget" [Stockholm]-- Verso title page. |
| Summary, etc.: | "The Elegance of the Hedgehog meets The Perks of Being a Wallflower in this novel celebrating being a little bit odd, finding your people, and the power of music to connect us For Steffi, going to school everyday is an exercise in survival. She's never fit in with any of the groups at school, and she's viciously teased by the other girls in her class. The only way she escapes is through her music -- especially jazz music. When Steffi hears her favorite jazz song playing through an open window of a retirement home on her walk home from school, she decides to go in and introduce herself. The old man playing her favorite song is Alvar. When Alvar was a teenager in World War II Sweden, he dreamed of being in a real jazz band. Then and now, Alvar's escape is music -- especially jazz music. Through their unconventional but powerful friendship, Steffi comes to realize that she won't always be stuck and lonely in her town. She can go to music school in Stockholm. She can be a real musician. She can be a jitterbug, just like Alvar. But how can Steffi convince her parents to let her go to Stockholm to audition? And how is it that Steff's school, the retirement home, the music, and even Steffi's worst bully are somehow all connected to Alvar? Can it be that the people least like us are the ones we need to help us tell our own stories? "-- |
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| Subject: | High school girls Fiction Jazz Fiction Identity (Psychology) Fiction Self-realization Fiction |
| Genre: | Psychological fiction. |
Available copies
- 8 of 8 copies available at Bibliomation.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Beardsley & Memorial Library - Winsted | YA LOVESTA (Text) | 33750000067977 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bethel Public Library | TEEN LOVESTAM (Text) | 34030141677739 | Teen Fiction | Available | - |
| C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | YA FIC LOV (Text) | 34014150077270 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Hall Memorial Library - Ellington | YA LOVESTAM, SARA (realistic fiction) (Text) | 34037133888745 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Kent Memorial Library - Suffield | YA FICTION LOVESTAM (Text) | 32518141915150 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Killingly Library | YA/F Lov (Text) | 34040141246021 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Milford Public Library | LOVESTAM Sara (Text) | 34013076743056 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Southbury Public Library | TEEN 2. LOVESTAM (Text) | 34019140241985 | Teen Fiction | Available | - |
