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Kaleidoscope Song

by Fox Benwell

Ages: 14+

Published: 2017

Publisher: Simon & Schuster BFYR

ISBN: 978-1-4814-7767-3

Keywords: Coming of age, Music, LGBTQ, Diversity, South Africa

South African teenager, Neo, lives for music, despite her parents' disapproval. She risks everything when she falls in love with a female band singer.