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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2016 | Middle Grade
Gr 4–6—Ten-year-old Cadence Mariah Jolley is surrounded by music. She refers to Mariah Carey as her "fairy godmother" and lives in Harmony, PA, and her favorite day of the week is Sunday, when she joins her friends in the church choir. The girl inherited a beautiful voice from her mother, who left town to pursue her own dreams when Cadence was seven. Since that day, Cadence has struggled with change. Her father does his best as a single parent, but Cadence thinks he worries too mu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on June 1, 2018
Ten-year-old Cadence Jolly, an introverted African American girl, lives with her loving but stifling father in small-town Pennsylvania wh...Log In or Sign Up to Read More