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[2014]., Adolescent, Philomel Books Call No: Sports FIC Richmond Genre: Sports Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Jack struggles with the hazing and steroid abuse he encounters as he tries to fit in with his varsity football teammates at the elite high school he transfers to his junior year.
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[2023]., Adolescent, Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: HISTORICAL F SCH Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "They say Leon Delafosse will be France's next great pianist. As a sixteen-year-old from a small country town, he knows making that happen will keep his family afloat. Even though he's the youngest student ever accepted into the prestigious Paris Conservatory, there's no way for an impoverished musician to make his way in 1890s Paris without an outside patron to pave his way. A young gossip columnist named Marcel Proust takes Leon under his wing, using the beautiful teenager as his own entrance key into high society. As the boys game their way through an extravagant new world, Marcel opens unexpected doors. When the larger-than-life Count Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac offers his patronage, Leon's dreams are made real. But the more absorbed he is into dreams of becoming France's next great thing, the more he strays from the old country life he shared with his mother, his sister, Charlotte, and his best friend, Felix ... a boy he might love. With each choice Leon makes, he must navigate a fine line between two world--or risk losing it all.
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[2023]., Adolescent, Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: HISTORICAL FIC SCH Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "They say Léon Delafosse will be France's next great pianist. But despite his being the youngest student ever accepted into the prestigious Paris Conservatory, there's no way an impoverished musician can make his way in 1890s Paris without an outside patron. Young gossip columnist Marcel Proust takes Léon under his wing, and the boys game their way through an extravagant new world. When the larger-than-life Count Robert de Montesquiou-Fézensac offers his patronage, Léon's dreams are made real. But the closer he gets to becoming France's next great thing, the further he strays from his old country life he shared with his family and his best friend Félix . . . a boy he might love. With each choice Léon makes, he must navigate a fine line between two worlds--or risk losing them both"--Provided by publisher.
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[2023]., Adolescent, Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: HISTORICAL FIC SCH Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "They say Léon Delafosse will be France's next great pianist. But despite his being the youngest student ever accepted into the prestigious Paris Conservatory, there's no way an impoverished musician can make his way in 1890s Paris without an outside patron. Young gossip columnist Marcel Proust takes Léon under his wing, and the boys game their way through an extravagant new world. When the larger-than-life Count Robert de Montesquiou-Fézensac offers his patronage, Léon's dreams are made real. But the closer he gets to becoming France's next great thing, the further he strays from his old country life he shared with his family and his best friend Félix . . . a boy he might love. With each choice Léon makes, he must navigate a fine line between two worlds--or risk losing them both"--Provided by publisher.
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c2012., Adolescent, Razorbill Call No: Mystery FIC Anthony Genre: Realistic, Realistic, Mystery Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A novel in paintings and photographs. The piano prodigy Glory hid in her music after her mother's death and all her life after her father has raised her to be a world-famous concert pianist. When the boy Frank moves in next door, however, and Glory is introduced to his artwork, her piano skills seem to vanish overnight until all she can play is "chopsticks." Soon Glory disappears, and the reader is left to question what in her life was real and what was madness.
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[2017]., Adolescent, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: Realistic FIC Blake Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Grace struggles with the idea of leaving her mother behind to pursue her own dream of studying piano in college and one day performing at Carnegie Hall. All of Grace's life, it's been her mother and her against the world. But one summer Graces meets Ava, and everything changes. Grace finds herself falling in love and facing an ultimatum from the very girl she's falling for. In the end she could have the girl she loves and the life she dreams of, or she could lose it all.
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2015, Primary, Candlewick Press Call No: [E] Edition: 1st ed. 2015. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After his kitten walks across a piano keyboard, a composer writes down the notes exactly as he heard them and enters the tune into a competition.
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By Zarr, Sara2013., Adolescent, Little, Brown and Co. Call No: YOUNG ADULT Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Sixteen-year-old San Franciscan Lucy Beck-Moreau once had a promising future as a concert pianist. Her chance at a career has passed, and she decides to help her ten-year-old piano prodigy brother, Gus, map out his own future, even as she explores why she enjoyed piano in the first place"--Provided by publisher.
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By Zarr, Sara[2013], LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Sixteen-year-old San Franciscan Lucy Beck-Moreau once had a promising future as a concert pianist. Her chance at a career has passed, and she decides to help her ten-year-old piano prodigy brother, Gus, map out his own future, even as she explores why she enjoyed piano in the first place.
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[2023]., Dutton Call No: SUPERNATURAL F HUA Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In this sly, surprising, and razor-sharp debut novel, a virtuoso pianist gives up her future as a musician to work at a high-end wellness store in New York City where the pursuit of beauty comes at a staggering cost. Our narrator is the youngest student at the Conservatory. She produces a sound from the piano no one else does, employing a special technique she learned from her parents-also stunningly talented musicians-who fled China in the wake of the Cultural Revolution. But when an accident leaves her parents debilitated, she abandons her future as a pianist and accepts a job at a high-end beauty and wellness store in New York City. Holistik is known for its remarkable products and outrageous procedures: remoras that suck cheap Botox from the body, eyelash extensions made of spider silk, emotional support ducklings bred to imprint on their owners. Every product is ethically sourced and made with nothing but the highest quality ingredients. Our narrator's new job is a coveted one among New York's beauty-obsessed, and it affords her entry into a new world of privilege. She becomes transfixed by Helen-a model, and the niece of Holistik's charismatic owner-and the two strike up a close friendship that hazily veers into more. All the while, Holistik plies our narrator with products that slim her thighs, smooth her skin, lighten her hair, and change her eye color. But beneath these fancy creams and tinctures lies a terrible truth that threatens to consume her. After all, beauty is nothing without ugliness. NATURAL BEAUTY is a piercing, terrifying, and darkly funny debut that eviscerates the beauty and wellness industry, exploring questions of consumerism, self-worth, race, and identity. This propulsive novel takes a world that feels familiar and pushes it to a conclusion that at first might seem jarring, but when we inch closer, settles on us as truth."
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2016., Candlewick Press Call No: [E] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: When a young boy begins to play on his family's piano, reveling in the fun of plunking the keys, his father signs him up for lessons so that he can learn to play properly.
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2016., Candlewick Press Call No: [E] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When a young boy begins to play on his family s piano, reveling in the fun of plunking the keys, his father signs him up for lessons so that he can learn to play properly. With his father s encouragement, Raj learns notes, then scales, then songs, and finally classical pieces that his father can recognize and be proud of. But the more Raj practices and the more skilled he becomes, the less he enjoys playing, until he grows up and stops playing altogether. But when his father becomes ill and asks Raj to play for him, will Raj remember how to play from the heart?
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2020., Adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: YOUNG ADULT Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "After seventeen-year-old Claire Alalay's father's death, only music has helped her channel her grief. Claire likes herself best when she plays his old piano, a welcome escape from the sadness - and her traditional Filipino mother's prayer groups. In the hopes of earning a college scholarship, 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 or how well she plays, it seems impossible to gain Paul's approval, let alone his affection"--Amazon.
