

It is both uplifting and tragic as Drea makes her first-ever friends. Why I like this book: A debut novel for Tara Kelly, Harmonic Feedback is a brilliant and complex book about finding your way in a world that doesn’t always make sense to you. But, as in many relationships there will be joy, pain, grief and hope. For the first time in her life Drea finds two true friends who accept and care about her. They share her love of music and form a rock band. She meets two other outsiders, free-spirited Naomi, who flirts with drugs and danger, and Justin, who is persistent and may even like Drea. Drea is intelligent, musically gifted and passionate about sound design. Her real desire is to just make sense to herself. Life isn’t easy and she finds the world confusing.

Drea also is diagnosed with ADHD and a mild form of Asperger’s syndrome. The last thing she wants is to be labeled. Her mother is once again moving Drea to another town and school - this time to her grandmother’s home in Bellingham, WA. Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Drea knows what it feels like to be an outsider. Themes: Asperger’s Syndrome, Friendship, Music, Emotional Problems, Drug Abuse
