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"Celeb siblings, newfound sisterhood, body positivity, and the magic of music and doing what you love"
September 2022 Debut of the Month | Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2023
Singing loud, proud positive messages about sisterhood and treading your own path, this collaboration between songwriters Becky Jerams and Ellie Wyatt totally rocks. Driven by a duo of inspiring characters, and wrapped up in the glamour and sobering realities of fame, The Songs You've Never Heard is an authentic, stirring story about finding your true voice and not being afraid to use it.
“Songs are funny like that. Sometimes they come into your life at the perfect moment. Just when you need to hear them the most.” The same can be true of people, as Meg discovers when she starts working in a Brighton yoghurt shop - glad to escape her pop-star brother’s tantrums and the pressures of being a family brand on social media - and meets big, confident songwriter Alana.
Secretly a talented musician in her own right, Meg is initially suspicious of Alana – she reckons she’s just another fake using her to get close to her brother. But it turns out that they share a talent for singing and crafting songs, and Alana inspires Meg to share her work for the very first time.
A rollercoaster of possibilities, inhibiting fears, set-backs and conflicts unfold, but through it all the young women, who name their musical collaboration The Lost Girls, find the strength of sisterhood and discover that real life is “about knowing that sometimes you’re not going to get validation from other people, even when you deserve it. And that’s OK. You don’t need anyone’s approval to keep doing what you love.”
If that wasn’t enough, through Alana readers go on a journey about body positivity, and there’s also thrilling love story involving secret identities.
Dual-written by a BAFTA-winning children's composer and a K-pop hit writer, The Songs You've Never Heard is a debut YA novel that champions sisterhood, musical talent and body positivity. Perfect for fans of Estelle Maskame, Chris Russell and Taylor Swift.
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Dual-written by a BAFTA-winning children's composer and a K-pop hit writer, The Songs You've Never Heard is a debut YA novel that champions sisterhood, musical talent and body positivity. Perfect for fans of Estelle Maskame, Chris Russell and Taylor Swift.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Songs You've Never Heard and determined it is suitable for children aged 15-18 years old
The Songs You've Never Heard features in the following genres: Debuts of the Month, Recommendations, Gritty Reads, Romance / Relationship Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Star Books, Stories about Family and Friends, Featured Books for Young Adults
Paperback. £8.09, down from the £8.99 cover price. In Stock.
The Songs You've Never Heard was written by Becky Jerams, Ellie Wyatt and published by Sweet Cherry Publishing
The Songs You've Never Heard has 368 pages
£8.09, reduced from £8.99. In Stock.
