What We Lost

Story of a Girl

Roomies

Sweethearts

In Search of Us

Someday Dancer

Candidly Cline

Open Road Summer

Lucy Beck-Moreau once had a promising future as a concert pianist. The right people knew her name, her performances were booked months in advance, and her future seemed certain.  That was all before she turned fourteen.  Now, at sixteen, it's over. A death, and a betrayal, led her to walk away. That leaves her talented ten-year-old brother, Gus, to shoulder the full weight of the Beck-Moreau family expectations. Then Gus gets a new piano teacher who is young, kind, and interested in helping Lucy rekindle her love of piano -- on her own terms. But when you're used to performing for sold-out audiences and world-famous critics, can you ever learn to play just for yourself?  National Book Award finalist Sara Zarr takes readers inside one girl's struggle to reclaim her love of music and herself. To find joy again, even when things don't go according to plan. Because life isn't a performance, and everyone deserves the chance to make a few mistakes along the way.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

What We Lost

Sara Zarr, 2009

Story of a Girl

Sara Zarr, 2007

Roomies

Tara Altebrando, Sara Zarr, 2013

Sweethearts

Sara Zarr, 2008

In Search of Us

Ava Dellaira, 2018

Someday Dancer

Sarah Rubin, 2011

Candidly Cline

Kathryn Ormsbee, 2021

Open Road Summer

Emery Lord, 2014