Book: A Little Wanting Song by Cath Crowley

Release date: June 8, 2010

Publisher: Knopf BFYR

Summary:
A summer of friendship, romance, and songs in major chords. . . .

CHARLIE DUSKIN loves music, and she knows she’s good at it. But she only sings when she’s alone, on the moonlit porch or in the back room at Old Gus’s Secondhand Record and CD Store. Charlie’s mom and grandmother have both died, and this summer she’s visiting her grandpa in the country, surrounded by ghosts and grieving family, and serving burgers to the local kids at the milk bar. She’s got her iPod, her guitar, and all her recording equipment, but she wants more: A friend. A dad who notices her. The chance to show Dave Robbie that she’s not entirely unspectacular.

ROSE BUTLER lives next door to Charlie’s grandfather and spends her days watching cars pass on the freeway and hanging out with her troublemaker boyfriend. She loves Luke but can’t wait to leave their small country town. And she’s figured out a way: she’s won a scholarship to a science school in the city, and now she has to convince her parents to let her go. This is where Charlie comes in. Charlie, who lives in the city, and whom Rose has ignored for years. Charlie, who just might be Rose’s ticket out.

Told in alternating voices and filled with music, friendship, and romance, Charlie and Rose’s “little wanting song” is about the kind of longing that begins as a heavy ache but ultimately makes us feel hopeful and wonderfully alive.

My reasons for wanting to read this book now:
1-I love anything to do with music and it sounds like this has a little something to do with music. I am kind of like Charlie in the fact that I love to sing but I won’t do it where anyone can hear. =]
2-I think the cover is really cool. I really like how the girl’s picture is black and white and then there is that splash of color. It’s really eye-catching.
3-I know this isn’t really a reason for wanting to read a book but one of the characters names is Rose Butler and my name is Katie Rose Butler. I thought that was so cool!

What are you waiting on this Wednesday?