num_pages: 160
description: Somewhere in the universe there is the perfect tune for you.Its almost the end of middle school and Charlie has to find her perfect song for a music class assignment. The class learns about a different style of music each day from hip-hop to metal to disco but its hard for Charlie to concentrate when she cant stop noticing her classmate Emile or wondering about Luka who hasnt been to school in weeks. On top of everything she has been talked into participating in an end-of-year performance with her best friends.Then the class learns about opera and Charlie discovers the music of Maria Callas. The more she learns about Marias life the more Charlie admires her passion for singing and her ability to express herself fully through her music. Can Charlie follow the example of the ultimate diva Maria Callas when it comes to her own life?This evocatively illustrated graphic novel brilliantly captures the high drama of middle school by focusing on the desire of its finely drawn characters to sing and be heard.
language: English
title: Operatic
publisher: Groundwood Books