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Seventeen-year-old Claire Alalay likes herself best when she plays her father's old piano, a welcome escape from the sadness of missing him and from her traditional Filipino mother's prayer groups. After placing third in a local competition, and with hopes of earning a college scholarship,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Somerville, Massachusetts :
Candlewick Press,
[2020]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Seventeen-year-old Claire Alalay likes herself best when she plays her father's old piano, a welcome escape from the sadness of missing him and from her traditional Filipino mother's prayer groups. After placing third in a local competition, and with hopes of earning a college scholarship, Claire auditions for Paul Avon, a prominent piano teacher, who agrees to take Claire as a pupil. Soon 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, it seems impossible to gain Paul's approval, let alone his affection. |
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| Physical Description: | 308 pages ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781536209600 1536209600 |