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Free Piano (Not Haunted)

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From beloved graphic novelist Whitney Gardner comes a big-hearted, touching, and spooky coming-of-age story about a young aspiring songwriter who forms a ghostly partnership with the pop star who haunts her secondhand piano. The piano is free, but fame has a price. On the sleepy streets... Read More
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Margo, a lonely aspiring songwriter, discovers her secondhand synthesizer is haunted by a 1980s pop star, leading to an unexpected bond and a journey of self-discovery as she grapples with the true meaning of making music and fame.

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From beloved graphic novelist Whitney Gardner comes a big-hearted, touching, and spooky coming-of-age story about a young aspiring songwriter who forms a ghostly partnership with the pop star who haunts her secondhand piano.

The piano is free, but fame has a price.

On the sleepy streets of Cascade Cove, lonely Margot knows that when she stumbles across a discarded synthesizer with a β€œnot haunted” sign, she has discovered the key to realising her dreams. Determined to become a real songwriter and earn her absent father’s admiration, Margot dives headfirst into trying to gain followers and fans online. But her musical journey takes an unexpected turn when she realises the (not haunted) piano is very much… haunted.

Enter Vision, teen pop sensation of 1979 whose untimely demise left her spirit intertwined with the keys of her synthesizer. Though Margot and Vision couldn’t be more different, the girls form an unlikely bond fuelled by their shared passion for music.

But as Margot’s obsession with fame and recognition grows, she may come dangerously close to losing what she loves about music… and herself.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781665938129

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 July 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Illustration: f-c uncoated int (coated cvr spfx: emboss & spot gloss)

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Whitney Gardner

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 458g

Pages: 256

About the Author

Whitney Gardner is an author, illustrator, and cartoonist. She started drawing stick figures in second grade and somehow no one’s been able to stop her. If there’s ever a moment when she isn’t drawing, she’s likely to be found rolling twenty-sided dice. Her favorite color is yellow. She is the author of the YA novelsΒ You’re Welcome, UniverseΒ andΒ Chaotic Good, as well as the creator ofΒ Fake Blood, Long Distance, and Free Piano (Not Haunted)Β and the illustrator for Debbie Levy’sΒ Becoming RBGΒ and Stephanie Cooke’s The Racc Pack series.

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