 | Color of sound Author: Isler, Emily Barth | |
| Price: $10.65 | ||
Summary:
Musical prodigy Rosie stops playing the violin, upsetting her ambitious mother but making room in her life for new experiences, including a glitch in space-time that lets her meet her mom as a twelve-year-old.
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: MG Reading Level: 5.40 Points: 10.0 Quiz: 550452 |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (02/01/24)
School Library Journal (+) (00/01/24)
Booklist (02/15/24)
The Hornbook (00/05/24)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 02/15/2024 Everyone knows that Rosie is a musical prodigy. At 12 years old, she’s already played her violin at Carnegie Hall—twice. But no one knows that Rosie is also a synesthete who sees music as colors and is overstimulated by the sounds and colors of everyday experiences. Overwhelmed by her endless music responsibilities, Rosie goes on strike: no more violin for the summer. Instead, she visits her grandparents with her mother, who is obsessed with getting Rosie to play the violin again. Rosie also meets a girl in her grandparents’ shed who claims she’s from the 1990s and who has the same name as her mother, Shanna. This Shanna, however, is more emotionally open than Rosie’s mother and feels similarly stifled by her own parents. As Rosie and Shanna bond, Rosie reconciles the idea that the crestfallen preteen before her will eventually turn into the strict mother she knows today. Tweens should pair this moving and pensive read with a viewing of Disney’s Turning Red for similar themes of intergenerational trauma and overbearing yet sympathetic mothers. - Copyright 2024 Booklist.
