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Jamie Sumner is the author of Roll with It, Tune It Out, One Kid's Trash, and The Summer of June. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other publications. She loves stories that celebrate the grit and beauty in all kids. She is also the mother of a son with cerebral palsy and has written extensively about parenting a child with special needs. She and her family live in Nashville, Tennessee. Visit her at Jamie-Sumner.com.
* Her voice alternately wry, naive, and wise beyond her years, Lou confronts sensory overload, self-consciousness, and her simultaneous love for and anger toward her mother in poetic, poignant prose. . . A vivid, sensitive exploration of invisible disability, family bonds, and the complex reality of happily-ever-after. -- Kirkus Reviews, STARRED Review * Readers will fall in love with Lou Montgomery in this uplifting story, as she learns the power of music and the importance of family and friends. -- School Library Journal, STARRED Review * Employing Lou's clear voice and well-drawn relationships between complex characters, Sumner explores the challenges Lou faces as a result of her neuroatypicality and financially insecure past, culminating in an appealing, sensitively told tale. -- Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review
Once Upon a Song
A Numbers Primer for Music Lovers...
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