A Little Wanting Song
A Little Wanting Song by Cath Crowley, published by Random House Children’s Books in 2011, is a reprint edition featuring 288 pages in English. This novel explores the intertwined lives of two young girls, Charlie Duskin and Rose Butler, as they navigate their summer filled with friendship, music, and personal challenges. Charlie, who loves music but struggles with loss and loneliness, seeks connection while visiting her grandfather in the country. Meanwhile, Rose, eager to escape her small-town life, contemplates her future and the choices that lie ahead.
Readers will find a narrative that unfolds through alternating perspectives, highlighting themes of family, social issues, and the performing arts. As Charlie and Rose confront their individual desires and fears, their paths converge in unexpected ways, leading to moments of growth and self-discovery. The book captures the essence of longing and hope, set against a backdrop of music that resonates throughout their experiences.
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A summer of friendship, romance, and songs in major chords. . . .
CHARLIE DUSKIN loves music, and she knows she’s good at it. But she only sings when she’s alone, on the moonlit porch or in the back room at Old Gus’s Secondhand Record and CD Store. Charlie’s mom and grandmother have both died, and this summer she’s visiting her grandpa in the country, surrounded by ghosts and grieving family, and serving burgers to the local kids at the milk bar. She’s got her iPod, her guitar, and all her recording equipment, but she wants more: A friend. A dad who notices her. The chance to show Dave Robbie that she’s not entirely unspectacular.
ROSE BUTLER lives next door to Charlie’s grandfather and spends her days watching cars pass on the freeway and hanging out with her troublemaker boyfriend. She loves Luke but can’t wait to leave their small country town. And she’s figured out a way: she’s won a scholarship to a science school in the city, and now she has to convince her parents to let her go. This is where Charlie comes in. Charlie, who lives in the city, and whom Rose has ignored for years. Charlie, who just might be Rose’s ticket out.
Told in alternating voices and filled with music, friendship, and romance, Charlie and Rose’s “little wanting song” is about the kind of longing that begins as a heavy ache but ultimately makes us feel hopeful and wonderfully alive.
From the Hardcover edition.
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