Guitar Notes, Paperback

A "sweet story of two different loners finding their counterpoint" (School Library Journal) from a star of state master and children's choice lists making her YA debut. Clean YA with the emotional resonancy of John Green and Sarah Dessen.
On odd days, Tripp Broody uses a school practice room to let loose on a borrowed guitar. Eyes closed, strumming that beat-up instrument, Tripp escapes to a world where only the music matters.
On even days, Lyla Marks uses the same practice room. ToTripp, she s trying to become even more perfect she s alreadya straight-A student and an award-winning cellist. But when Lylabegins leaving notes for him in between the strings of the guitar, his life intersects with hers in a way he never expected.
What starts as a series of snippy notes quickly blossomsinto the sharing of interests and secrets and dreams, andthe forging of a very unlikely friendship.
Challenging each other to write songs, they begin to connect, even though circumstances threaten to tear them apart.
From beloved author Mary Amato comes a YA novelof wit and wisdom, both heartfelt and heartbreaking, about the power of music and the unexpected chords that draw us together."