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Grace Notes

Grace Notes

by Karen Comer
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/02/2023

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A debut YA verse novel about what happens when the paths of a young busking violinist and an aspiring street artist collide during a pandemic. Set in one of the most locked-down cities in the world - Melbourne, 2020.

This song has a grace note,a tiny note that's there for embellishment
but can easily be ignored,not played.
Tonight, I add it in -
just because.
We can all do with an extra note
of grace.

Grace Dalfinch is a talented violinist who longs to play contemporary music in bars, but her mum forbids her.

James Crux is an aspiring street artist who promised his dad he wouldn't paint in public until he's finished school.

When Crux witnesses Grace's impromptu performance on a deserted tram, he's inspired to paint her and her violin; and when Grace stumbles across her portrait in a Melbourne alley by an anonymous street artist, she sets out to find its creator.

Grace Notes is a debut YA verse novel, set in one of the most locked-down cities in the world - Melbourne, 2020. For fans of Cath Crowley and Pip Harry.

ISBN:
9780734421722
9780734421722
Category:
Poetry (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-02-2023
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hachette Australia
Country of origin:
Australia
Dimensions (mm):
196x128x30mm
Weight:
0.25kg

'A classic in the making; Grace Notes is a vital balm of a book, a story to press into everybody's hands.'
DANIELLE BINKS

'Poetry, music and art, woven together in an uplifting story about endless lockdowns and first love.'
NOVA WEETMAN

'Comer captures the beats of Melbourne's 2020 and the unique experience of a generation of teens in one of the most locked-down cities in the world.'
Books+Publishing

'Heart and soul triumph over Covid lockdowns and restrictions . . . Karen has used the verse novel to beguile, dance and demand layers of emotion and depth that only poetry can sustain. A masterful debut!'
LORRAINE MARWOOD

'Like the grace note of the title, this beautiful story strikes the perfect tone, mixing colour, light and music at a time when we needed it most.'
NICOLE HAYES

Karen Comer

Karen Comer is a writer and editor and reader. Her mum said she used to read the cereal box at breakfast when there was nothing more interesting to read. Now her daughter holds her book at the table with one hand, eating cereal with the other.

Stories are Karen's passion. She reads them, writes them, tells them to her children, shares them with her friends. She works as a freelance editor from her home in Melbourne.

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