When twelve-year-old Maddie's older brother vanishes from his college campus, her carefully ordered world falls apart. Nothing will fill the void of her beloved oldest sibling. Meanwhile Maddie's older sister reacts by staying out late, and her parents are always distracted by the search for Strum. Drowning in grief and confusion, the family's musical household falls silent.

An NCTE Notable Verse Novel

A Mighty Girl Best Book of the Year

Cybils Award Poetry Winner!

Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year