Chopsticks
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After her mother died, Glory retreated into herself and her music. Her single father raised her as a piano prodigy, with a rigid schedule and the goal of playing sold-out shows across the globe. Now, as a teenager, Glory has disappeared. As we flash back to the events leading up to her disappearance, we see a girl on the precipice of disaster. Brilliant and lonely, Glory is drawn to an artistic new boy, Frank, who moves in next door. The farther she falls, the deeper she spirals into madness. Before long, Glory is unable to play anything but the song "Chopsticks."
But nothing is what it seems, and Glory's reality is not reality at all. In this stunningly moving novel told in photographs, pictures, and words, it's up to the reader to decide what is real, what is imagined, and what has been madness all along
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Totally creative way to tell a story! The story was only so-so for me though. I feel so much could be done with this format, though! I hope someone gets a hold of this idea and does something amazing with it!!
Forgive me, but I'm not much of a YA reader. Teens are always living on one end of the spectrum (despair) or another (elation); I find it exhausting to zigzag through life that way. My fifty-six years have revealed to me that even Amazing Love fades in six months and that Terrible Trauma (no car for your sixteenth birthday, for example) has a six month expiration date, too. (You might take a look at The Myths of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky for more info on these phenomena.)
Chopsticks is a such a YA novel, full of Amazing Love and Terrible Trauma. But it's the packaging of Chopsticks that snagged me and sent me to the checkout line at the library.
Very clever packaging. Packaging that tells the story in photos and found objects. I liked the packaging very much.
Not so much the story. Two teens in love. In love against the world. You know what I mean if you've read at least three other YA books.
But the packaging is fun and worth a look-see.
