Title: The big nothing
Description: A middle-schooler struggles to cope with major family problems, including a brother who might be heading for the Persian Gulf, but finds an escape in piano lessons and the dream of a romance with a popular girl.
Subjects: Middle schools, Juvenile fiction, Family problems, Fiction, Interpersonal relations, Music, Schools, Iraq War, 2003-, Children's fiction, Schools, fiction, Music, fiction, Interpersonal relations, fiction, Iraq war, 2003-2011, fiction, Florida, fiction
Places: Tallahassee (Fla.)