Rick Riordan

When the island of San Madrigal disappeared into the sea., the survivors escaped to New York. Mateo, now a high school junior and piano prodigy living with his two aunts, is focused on one thing: getting the attention of locally-grown musical legend Gerval. He gets his chance on the night of the Grand Fete, an annual party celebrating the blended culture of pirates, Cuban Santeros, and Sephardic Jews that created San Madrigal all those centuries ago....