The Boy Who Steals Houses

Hidden Voices: The Orphan Musicians of Venice

Dancer's Luck (a ballet story)

The Adventures of Young Krishna: Blue God of India

The Way I Am Now

Becoming Beatriz

The Mozart Question

Bud, Not Buddy

A Thousand Perfect Notes is a powerful and emotional novel by CG Drews that tells the story of a young musical prodigy named Beck. Living under the oppressive rule of his abusive mother, who was once a famous pianist, Beck is forced to play the piano and pursue classical greatness, despite his own dreams of composing his own music. Beck's life takes an unexpected turn when he meets August, a free-spirited girl with a kind heart. As their friendship blossoms, August shows Beck a world of possibilities beyond his grueling practice schedule and his mother's harsh expectations. Through his connection with August, Beck begins to find the courage to stand up for himself and chase his own dreams. Despite the fear of his mother's wrath, Beck must decide whether to live the life that has been forced upon him or to carve out his own path filled with a thousand perfect notes of his own making.

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The Boy Who Steals Houses

C.G. Drews, 2019

Hidden Voices: The Orphan Musicians of Venice

Pat Lowery Collins, 2009

Dancer's Luck (a ballet story)

Lorna Hill, Lorna Hall, 1955

The Adventures of Young Krishna: Blue God of India

Diksha DalalClayton, Diksha Dalal-Clayton, 1991

The Way I Am Now

Amber Smith, 2023

Becoming Beatriz

Tami Charles, 2019

The Mozart Question

Michael Morpurgo, Michael Foreman, 2007

Bud, Not Buddy

Christopher Paul Curtis, 1999