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Gr 4–7—Musical and poetic, this is a brave, rich debut novel about mental health and climate change. Maddie, short for Madrigal (like everyone in her family, she has a musical name) likes sameness. Whenever Maddie is stressed, she counts things and hopes they come out to an even number; this calms her. There's a lot to be worried about these days—the quality of her oboe playing, her dad's strictness, her sister Aria's increasing distance, and her older brother Strum's sudden disappearance from college—and lots of her counting comes to odd numb...Log In or Sign Up to Read More