Two broken lives … one shared dream
All Jo wants is a family life filled with love, laughter and music, but her real life is very different. Her dad died, her mum has mental health problems, her younger brother Theo needs to be looked after, and Jo’s had to grow up too quickly. Her one escape is playing an old violin rescued from the tip. She’s never had a lesson, but night after night she practises in a cold, damp garden shed, dreaming of playing on stage. When Jo performs a small act of kindness for an elderly homeless man, little does she know that her life is about to change forever…
Leonard’s life is contained in a shopping trolley; his world is a doorway or a park bench. People pass by, averting their eyes. But Leonard believes his life is his well-deserved punishment for a past he cannot change. All he wants is for the urban noise to drown out the music in his head that tortures him.
When Jo and Leonard meet, it’s the chance of a new beginning for both of them. But is joy waiting in the wings – or just more heartbreak?
A heartwarming, emotional and inspiring new novel from the winner of the Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition.
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
All Jo wants is a family life filled with love, laughter and music, but her real life is very different. Her dad died, her mum has mental health problems, her younger brother Theo needs to be looked after, and Jo’s had to grow up too quickly. Her one escape is playing an old violin rescued from the tip. She’s never had a lesson, but night after night she practises in a cold, damp garden shed, dreaming of playing on stage. When Jo performs a small act of kindness for an elderly homeless man, little does she know that her life is about to change forever…
Leonard’s life is contained in a shopping trolley; his world is a doorway or a park bench. People pass by, averting their eyes. But Leonard believes his life is his well-deserved punishment for a past he cannot change. All he wants is for the urban noise to drown out the music in his head that tortures him.
When Jo and Leonard meet, it’s the chance of a new beginning for both of them. But is joy waiting in the wings – or just more heartbreak?
A heartwarming, emotional and inspiring new novel from the winner of the Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition.
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
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