- **A
- reserved
- Chinese
- American
- teen
- at
- a
- Southern
- performing
- arts
- boarding
- school
- comes
- into
- her
- own
- under
- the
- tutelage
- of
- a
- glamorous
- new
- piano
- teacher.
- A
- moving
- coming-of-age-novel
- from
- a
- debut
- novelist
- about
- first
- love,
- adolescent
- angst,
- and
- academic
- pressures.“Compellingly
- readable.
- Make
- room
- in
- the
- boarding-school
- book
- canon
- for
- a
- new
- classic.”
- -
- Jeff
- Zentner,
- award-winning
- author
- of
- In
- the
- Wild
- Light
- and
- The
- Serpent
- King"A
- moving,
- highly
- virtuosic,
- and
- heart-rending
- portrait
- of
- an
- aspiring
- teen
- pianist
- trying
- to
- find
- her
- way...it
- made
- me
- feel
- seen."
- -
- Patricia
- Park,
- author
- of
- Imposter
- Syndrome
- and
- Other
- Confession
- of
- Alejandra
- Kim
- and
- What’s
- Eating
- Jackie
- Oh?**Claire
- Wu
- isn’t
- sure
- that
- she
- has
- what
- it
- takes
- to
- become
- a
- successful
- concert
- pianist.It’s
- the
- fear
- of
- every
- student
- at
- Greenwood
- School
- for
- the
- Performing
- Arts:
- becoming
- a
- washed-out
- performer
- who
- couldn't
- make
- it
- big.
- And
- Claire's
- no
- Rocky
- Wong,
- the
- ace
- pianist
- at
- their
- boarding
- school.Then
- Dr.
- Li
- shows
- up.
- She’s
- like
- no
- other
- teacher
- at
- Greenwood:
- mysterious,
- sophisticated,
- fascinating.
- Under
- Dr.
- Li’s
- tutelage,
- Claire
- works
- harder
- and
- dreams
- bigger
- than
- ever.
- And
- her
- crush
- Rocky
- finally
- seems
- interested.
- Maybe
- she’ll
- even
- be
- "Chinese
- enough"
- to
- join
- the
- elusive
- Asian
- Student
- Society.Everything
- is
- falling
- into
- place
- until
- eerily
- personal
- notes
- about
- Claire’s
- bond
- with
- Dr.
- Li
- appear.
- Claire
- starts
- to
- feel
- the
- pressure.
- But
- she
- isn't
- the
- only
- one.
- Everyone
- is
- feeling
- the
- strain.
- Especially
- Rocky,
- whose
- extreme
- perfectionism
- hides
- something
- more
- troubling.As
- the
- Showcase
- tension
- crescendos,
- Claire
- must
- decide
- if
- she’s
- ready
- to
- sink
- or
- swim.
- Only
- then
- can
- she
- discover
- who
- she
- really
- is
- and
- learn
- if
- she’s
- ready
- to
- give
- her
- all
- for
- a
- shot
- at
- greatness.The
- Notes
-
- is
- a
- powerful
- and
- poignant
- debut
- YA
- novel
- from
- award-winning
- writer
- Catherine
- Con
- Morse
- about
- dealing
- with
- academic
- pressures,
- falling
- in
- love
- for
- the
- first
- time,
- and
- finding yourself.
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