Here’s an awesome story that’s all about the Mystical Power of Music … the middle grade novel, Sound Bender, by Lin Oliver and Theo Baker.
Review Redux ~ by YA Books Central
Sound Bender, by Lin Oliver & Theo Baker
After their parents’ plane goes down over the ocean, Leo and his brother Hollis are forced into the custody of their rich and enigmatic uncle Crane, a dealer of rare and probably illicit antiques. But almost as soon as he’s settled–or as close to settled as he can get in the bleak Brooklyn mansion, surrounded by his uncle’s dubious staff–Leo receives a mysterious package his father put together long ago, to be opened on his 13th birthday. With the package, Leo discovers he has an amazing ability. He can hear the history of any object by touching it. But when Leo finds a strange helmet buried among his uncle’s artifacts, and hears a pained cry coming from it, a mystery unravels as to its origin. (Goodreads Synopsis)
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Have you read any books that focus on the mystical power of music?
If so … do tell!!!
Not many, but back in the day I did like The Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey. And, while I haven’t read them, I know the first few books by Louise Marley were about singers who had psy powers associated with their voices. And there’s an editor who wants me to write a short story about a group of singers who can do magic with Gregorian chant. Still working on that one…
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Sounds GREAT! I’m going to add that to my “To Be Read” list. Thanks for passing that title along. 😉
Spellsinger by Alan Dean Foster kinda sounds like what you’re asking about. I never read it nor its sequels myself, but I remember my dad had them in his collection and I looked at them from time to time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spellsinger_%28novel%29
Oooooh…I’ll have to pick that one up! Thanks for the recommendation. 😀
If you do, let me know how it is. I just might have to read it myself sometime.
I’ll do that! 😉