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Saved by the Music
Saved by the Music
Saved by the Music
Selene Castrovilla
The last place fifteen-year-old Willow wants to spend her summer is on a run-down former coffee barge in a boatyard in Rockaway, New York. But that's where her aunt is converting the broken down hulk into a floating concert hall and Willow has no choice but to help; her unstable mom has kicked her out for the summer. Willow's miserable when she sees that there isn't even a shower on the barge, and she has to deal with Craig, the leering hunk of a construction worker working with her aunt. The only bright spot is Axel, an older teenage boy living alone on a neighboring sailboat. Introverted and mysterious, he has the soul of a poet, a deep, philosophical mind, and loves Shakespeare. He's also scarred by a painful, disturbing past, and the two bond through their shared pain and laughter. But when devastating events threaten to destroy them, Willow and Axel struggle to save each other--and themselves--before it's too late.

Book Details

Genre: 

  • Fiction
  • Juvenile Fiction

Age Level: 

  • 12 and up
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Saved by the Music was about a fifteen year old girl named Willow. Her mom kicks her out of the house for the summer, so she has to go live with her aunt. Her aunt is making an ugly coffee boat into a chamber music concert hall. And so it begins. Willows struggle to lose weight, to find friends, to live. She thinks it's impossible. The only good thing about this place is Axel, the tall, sad Shakespeare loving (and dare I say very very handsome) boy who lives in a boat near Willow's. She tries to flirt with him in her straight forward way on the first day she meets him.

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