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YAOrca Soundings series.
Following the death of her mother, fifteen-year-old Ally is broke and adrift until she encounters a fire-breathing busker, Tate, and begins to contemplate using her own acrobatic skills to become a street performer. The tight-knit (and sometimes contentious) community of young and talented buskers comes to life vividly in this appealing story for reluctant readers.