Music Camp

From multi-award-winning author Penny Tangey comes this funny, thought-provoking middle-grade novel about the highs and lows of music camp, and camaraderie in the climate crisis.

Miley and Juliet have nothing in common, apart from a love of music.

Miley lives in a caravan because she lost her home in a flood the year before, so she's excited to win a scholarship to attend the five-day Music Camp. This is her chance to prove to everyone that the recorder is a serious musical instrument.

Flautist Juliet comes from classical music royalty. Her late father was an esteemed clarinet player and she wants to honour his legacy. She's also keen to make friends with people who don't know about her tragic past - though perhaps not with that girl who thinks the recorder is a serious musical instrument.

Over the week, Miley and Juliet don't always see eye to eye, especially when they both audition for the only woodwind solo at the final night's concert. But with torrential rain threatening to flood the camp, their dreams might get washed away too. Can they put their differences aside and face the music together?

About the Author

Penny Tangey writes humorous books for young people. Her middle-grade novel As Fast As I Can won the Readings Children's Book Prize and Queensland Literary Awards Children's Book Award. She studied arts/science at Melbourne University, majoring in chemistry and Indonesian. Penny has worked as a researcher for television quiz shows Hard Quiz and The Chase, but she's still terrible at trivia. She is a qualified librarian and wants to drive the mobile library van one day.