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For sixteen years, Daisy has been good. A good daughter, helping out with her autistic younger brother uncomplainingly. A good friend, even when her best friend makes her feel like a third wheel. When her parents announce they re sending her brother to an institution without consulting her Daisy s furious, and decides the best way to be a good sister is to start being bad. She quits jazz band and orchestra, slacks in school, and falls for bad-boy Dave. But one person won t let Daisy forget who she used to be: Irish exchange student and brilliant musician Cal. Does she want the bad boy or the prodigy? Should she side with her parents or protect her brother? How do you know when to hold on and when and how to let go? "The Sound of Letting Go" is deeply moving, fiercely honest, and always surprising. Stasia Ward Kehoe s characters are so real and complex, you won t want to let them go at the end. I loved this book! Barbara Dee, author of "Solving Zoe," "This is Me From Now On," "Just Another Day in My Insanely Real Life," and "Trauma Queen" Achingly beautiful, "The Sound of Letting Go" takes readers down a dangerous path while touching the heart and encouraging hope. Elana Johnson, author of"Possession, Surrender, "and "Abandon" Told in verse that is at once delicate and strong, lyrical and honest, Stasia Kehoe s "The Sound of Letting Go" is a moving contemporary story of the intense push and pull between the responsibility of family and the freedom of dreams. Jessi Kirby, author of "Moonglass," "In Honor, "and "Golden" With captivating verse and a lyrical love story to match, "The Sound of Letting Go" will keep you hanging on, breathless and enchanted, until the very last page. Gretchen McNeil, author of "Possess," "Ten"and the forthcoming"3:59"and the Don t Get Mad series Soulful and stunning, this book has captured my heart. It s one of those tragic melodies you never want to end, a tribute to the damning and redemptive power of music. Jessica Martinez, author of "Virtuosity "and "The Space Between Us" "The Sound of Letting Go"draws you honestly into the turbulent ambivalence of life with a severely challenged sibling, while never short-shrifting Daisy's individual coming-of-age journey. The music of Stasia Kehoe's beautifully flawed characters will resonate in your mind long after you finish reading her book. Elise Allen, author of "Populazzi," co-author of the Elixir series with Hilary Duff"