The order of things
(Book)

Fast walking to school, feeling alone and unprepared for a year without Zee and me passing notes in class, sharing lunch, ignoring games on the playground. It's a small comfort to hear music all around me as I near school. A woodpecker in a tree, the construction worker across the street, beats everywhere. I'll at least be thankful for that." ...Publisher.

April and Zee have been best friends practically since birth, a perfect and inseparable band of two. But this year, Zee's going to a new school to focus more on his music, and April is left navigating sixth grade alone. Or maybe worse than alone when her teacher pairs her off with Asa Curtis, the classmate who often arrives late, shirt wrinkled and collar mustard-stained. This is not what this year was supposed to be like, and April is finding the change hard. Zee and April are budding musicians, but since starting his new school, Zee isn't around as much anymore. He's also been keeping secrets, even from her.,The unthinkable happens, and all the careful order of April's world is thrown into chaos. As April tries to set what she can in her life to right, she begins to see Asa in a new light. But with her heart broken over Zee, can she be open to making music again? Or to a new friend?",Publisher.

Eleven-year-old April must come to terms with the sudden death of her best friend, Zee

Ages 10-14.,Nancy Paulsen Books

Grades 4-6.,Nancy Paulsen Books