In my head, I refer to today as my “last day of freedom”. Good thing I like my job!
My plans for the day are simply to finish the book I am reading. What book is that, you ask? Why, it is Noteworthy by Riley Redgate.
Publisher’s Summary: It’s the start of Jordan Sun’s junior year at the Kensington-Blaine Boarding School for the Performing Arts. Unfortunately, she’s an Alto 2, which—in the musical theatre world—is sort of like being a vulture in the wild: She has a spot in the ecosystem, but nobody’s falling over themselves to express their appreciation. So it’s no surprise when she gets shut out of the fall musical for the third year straight. But then the school gets a mass email: A spot has opened up in the Sharpshooters, Kensington’s elite a cappella octet. Worshiped . . . revered . . . all male. Desperate to prove herself, Jordan auditions in her most convincing drag, and it turns out that Jordan Sun, Tenor 1, is exactly what the Sharps are looking for.
This is the perfect book to keep me distracted. Jordan’s voice grabbed me from the start. I laughed out loud when, on the second page, she says
Kensington loves its hyphenated adjectives: college-preparatory, cross-curricular, objective -oriented. “Low-stress” was not one of them.
This is the perfect book for middle and high school kids who loved Joanie Frankenhauser, but have grown up a little.
I have not finished the book yet – remember, that is my plan for the day – but so far the romance seems chaste enough for middle school.
Enjoy your Labor day. And, for my Canadian friends and family, enjoy your Labour Day!
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