A tender and moving story of a young boy's struggle to find his place in the world, this is the story of Ari, an eleven-year-old boy with a gift for music. He has already had to face some big issues in his life: emigrating from Germany to Australia with his mother, leaving behind his beloved grandfather, whom he and his mother have lived with since the death of Ari's father in a car accident; developing a relationship with his new stepfather, Jamie; and learning how to deal with his musical talent, the expectations it places on him, and what it will mean for his future.

 

 

This book was published in 2015 by Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing .

Simon French had his first novel published while he was still at high school. He has since written several novels and picture books that have won a number of awards and have been published worldwide. A primary school teacher, Simon French lives in Australia. Simon French began his writing career as a thirteen-year-old in Sydney's western suburbs, and had his first novel published five years later while still at high school. In the years since, his writing for children has been published in numerous overseas editions, and in Australia has earned critical acclaim and several awards, including the 1987 Children's Book Council of Australia's Book of the Year award for All We Know. Simon works as a teacher in a small school in Sydney's rural outskirts. Tranlsated from the English by Ghada Mohamed Mahmoud