{"product_id":"the-notes","title":"The Notes","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e2025 Chinese American Librarians Association Best Book\nHonorary Mention for Young Adult Fiction! A reserved Chinese American teen at a\nSouthern performing arts boarding school comes into her own under the tutelage\nof a glamorous new piano teacher. A moving coming-of-age-novel from a debut\nnovelist about first love, adolescent angst, and academic pressures.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n“Compellingly readable. Make room in the boarding-school book canon for a new\nclassic.” – Jeff Zentner, award-winning author of In the Wild Light and The\nSerpent King\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n“A moving, highly virtuosic, and heart-rending portrait of an aspiring teen\npianist trying to find her way…it made me feel seen.” – Patricia Park, author\nof Imposter Syndrome and Other Confession of Alejandra Kim and What’s\nEating Jackie Oh?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eClaire Wu isn’t sure that she has what it takes to become a successful\nconcert pianist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIt’s the fear of every student at Greenwood School for the Performing Arts:\nbecoming a washed-out performer who couldn’t make it big. And Claire’s no Rocky\nWong, the ace pianist at their boarding school.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThen Dr. Li shows up. She’s like no other teacher at Greenwood: mysterious,\nsophisticated, fascinating. Under Dr. Li’s tutelage, Claire works harder and\ndreams bigger than ever. And her crush Rocky finally seems interested. Maybe\nshe’ll even be “Chinese enough” to join the elusive Asian Student Society.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nEverything is falling into place until eerily personal notes about Claire’s\nbond with Dr. Li appear. Claire starts to feel the pressure. But she isn’t the\nonly one. Everyone is feeling the strain. Especially Rocky, whose extreme\nperfectionism hides something more troubling.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAs the Showcase tension crescendos, Claire must decide if she’s ready to sink\nor swim. Only then can she discover who she really is and learn if\nshe’s ready to give her all for a shot at greatness.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Notes is a powerful and poignant debut YA novel from award-winning\nwriter \u003cb\u003eCatherine Con Morse\u003c\/b\u003e about dealing with academic\npressures, falling in love for the first time, and finding yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45035470422223,"sku":"9780593711415","price":22.84,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_f575675f-8274-4e4b-b2a2-a2909aaa69a3.jpg?v=1778228436","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/the-notes","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}