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This Song Will Save Your Life is a Young Adult novel about identity, relationships and the life-changing power of music. Summary of the Book Elise Dembowski is everything she wanted to be. Everything that is, except cool. All of fifteen, she tries to change her fate, failing miserably. Her quest for change leads her to an underground dance club, where she discovers the magical power of the world of DJs. In this coming-of-age story, Elise Dembowski discovers something that becomes her entire world, at least for as long as the rest of the world abandons her to it. Unfortunately for Elise, it isn't very long before that happens, and her dreams of becoming a DJ sensation are threatened. Her relationship with her family and friends, and her tryst with love strengthen her resolve, and push her to pursue her dreams, but can she risk everything for them? And even if she can, will she? About Leila Sales Leila Sales is an American writer, best known for her Young Adult books. She has also written: Past Perfect and Mostly Good Girls. A graduate of the University of Chicago, where she studied psychology, she has won much acclaim for her work, including the Olga and Paul Menn Foundation Prize for Fiction Writing, and ALA’s 2012 Best Fiction for Young Adults List.