I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I remember reading a few young adult novels in my teens about musicians and they never were quite what I expected. They were usually either angsty or the author tried really hard to squeeze as many musical terms and knowledge as they could into the thinly-...
In 1854, there aren't a lot of respectable opportunities for young girls in London, so when 17 yr old parlor maid Molly loses her job she can’t face her family. She soon learns a Miss Nightingale is looking for nurses to join her in the Crimea to tend to the soldiers, and Molly decides to go. Mol...