Rival
&#8220;This quick paced and solid debut novel has all the drama of real high school. Think Glee, only with chamber music.&#8221; (Kirkus Reviews)&#8220;Wealer&#8217;s debut novel establishes realistic situations and dialogue, empathy for all sorts of teens, and challenging themes that command a reader&#8217;s thought and attention. These complex, interesting, believable protagonists will satisfy many readers who pick up the book expecting a lighter sort of musical read and instead find real substance.&#8221; (Booklist)&#8220;Fast paced and readable. The frequent musical references give the story an original twist.&#8221; (School Library Journal)&#8220;Wealer has done a wonderful job creating intensity in the characters. Rival will be gobbled up by teens who have enjoyed books such as Sara Shepard&#8217;s Pretty Little Liars as well as teens looking for a fast-paced, action-filled story.&#8221; (Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA))&#8220;Wealer has a talent for depicting the fragile moments on which friendships are made and broken.&#8221; (Publishers Weekly)&#8220;A balanced, insightful picture of the ups and downs of a friendship undone by envy.&#8221; (Bulletin of the Center for Children&#8217;s Books)&#8220;Awesome, awesome, and more awesome. Not one wrong note.&#8221; (Lauren Myracle, New York Times bestselling author)&#8220;This book gets it all exactly right&#151;friendships, envy, and the fact that you can never truly know another person.&#8221; (Sara Zarr, National Book Award finalist)