From award-winning verse novelist Shari Green comes an unforgettable story of friendship, first love, and an impossible choice between integrity and duty, family and friends, all while fighting for a dream.Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams is a historical YA novel in verse that centers around a young pianist in East Germany trying to make sense of love, duty, and the pursuit of dreams during the unsettled months of protest that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall in the late 1980s. Written in stunning lyrical verse, Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams is a story of hope, courage, romance, and the power of music not only to change lives, but to save them.
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CONTRIBUTORS: Shari Green
EAN: 9781524881122
COUNTRY: United States
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WEIGHT: 358 g
HEIGHT: 229 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Andrews McMeel Publishing
DATE PUBLISHED: 2024-03-28
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GENRE: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Girls & Women, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Novels in Verse, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / Historical
WIDTH: 155 cm
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Children’s / Teenage: Poetry
"This racing heartbeat of a verse novel had me on the edge of my seat, wondering what life and death choices Helena might make." (Marsha Skrypuch, author of Making Bombs for Hitler and Winterkill), "Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams transports readers to the peaceful protests in Leipzig, Germany in 1989 that contribute to the opening of borders throughout East Germany--to freedom. But freedom isn't a quick or easy path for gifted pianist Helena, who must consider her own dreams, her family's safety, and her new boyfriend's secret plans--especially when a Stasi officer wants to know what she's hiding. A powerful story about raising your voice told in gorgeous, musical poetry." (Kip Wilson, author of White Rose and The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin), "Crafted as intricately as a Bach concerto, SONG OF FREEDOM, SONG OF DREAMS swept me into a historical world as well researched and compellingly depicted as it is relevant to today’s reader." (Joy McCullough, author of Blood Water Paint and Enter the Body)
Shari Green is the author of several novels in verse, including the ALA Schneider Family Book Award winner, Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess. Her books have been included on international “best of” lists and nominated for multiple state and provincial readers’-choice programs. Shari is also a poet, musician, and former nurse. She can often be found wandering the beaches or forest trails near her home on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
