The Piano at the Station by Helen Rutter and Elisa Paganelli

The marvellous Barrington Stoke strike again! They get the best of our storytellers to write great books and publish them with an easy to read font/spacing on non-white paper. The interest level is age appropriate but the word level is set at the right level too. Interest level 9-12, reading level around 8 years for this one.

Lacey Layton’s smart tongue and quick temper are constantly getting her confined to isolation at school. But there’s a lot more to Lacey that most people never see, and when she gets sent to lunch-time music lessons to keep her out of trouble, she discovers a love and talent for the piano that opens up a whole new world for her.

Just as she’s really beginning to make progress, her music teacher has to leave, which throws Lacey back into turmoil. Will she go back to her self-destructive ways or will music offer her a way to save her from herself?