You, Me, and Our Heartstrings
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Publisher Description
What if the whole world was watching while you fell in love for the first time?
Daisy and Noah have the same plan: use the holiday concert to land a Julliard audition. But when they're chosen to play a duet for the concert, they worry that their differences will sink their chances.
Noah, a cello prodigy from a long line of musicians, wants to stick to tradition. Daisy, a fiercely independent disabled violinist, is used to fighting for what she wants and likes to take risks. But the two surprise each other when they play. They fall perfectly in tune.
After their performance goes viral, the rest of the country falls for them just as surely as they're falling for each other. But viral fame isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. No one seems to care about their talent or their music at all. People have rewritten their love story into one where Daisy is an inspiration for overcoming her cerebral palsy and Noah is a saint for seeing past it.
Daisy is tired of her disability being the only thing people see about her, and all of the attention sends Noah’s anxiety disorder into high speed. They can see their dream coming closer than it’s ever been before. But is the cost suddenly too high?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Debut author See writes with authority about a talented teenage violinist who has cerebral palsy in this swoony romance. Juilliard hopeful Daisy Abano, a white senior at the prestigious Manhattan Academy of Musical Performance, is thrilled when she's chosen to play a concert duet with her crush Noah Moray, a white cello prodigy who has anxiety and |is from "one of the most illustrious music families in all of New York City." Despite their differing opinions on what music to play, the two are well-matched performers. When their dazzling concert performance—and their passionate on-stage kiss—goes viral, the pair are launched into the limelight. While Daisy is rightfully upset by ableist comments calling her an inspiration for "overcoming cerebral palsy," she knows that the fame could better her chances of receiving a scholarship to Juilliard. But as the remarks increase in frequency and the notoriety exacerbates Noah's anxiety, the duo's relationship becomes strained. Although the novel's message leans on formulaic plot beats, Daisy and Noah's alternating perspectives offer an enticing portrayal of two teens confronting obstacles while falling in love in the public eye. Ages 12–up.