A Song For Ella Grey

A Song For Ella Grey by David Almond, 268 pages

This book is a modern day retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.  Orpheus is still Orpheus but Eurydice is Ella.  The story is told from the point of view of Ella’s best friend, Claire.  They are in the senior year of high school when Claire and her friends meet Orpheus, who makes music that is out of this world.  They forget themselves, the birds stop singing, the wildlife sits and listens, the wind stops blowing.  But Orpheus falls in love with Ella.  Anyone who has read the myth knows how the story ends, basically, but it is well written and the characters are very real.  A great teen read.