Beethoven in Paradise (Frances Foster books) - Hardcover

O'Connor, Barbara

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374306664 ISBN 13: 9780374306663

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc, 1997

Synopsis

London published Fiction

About this title

Review:

"Martin. . .is musically talented and lives in a trailer park called Paradise. His macho father thinks that music is for wimps and that real boys play baseball." --"School Library Journal "

"For every child who never wanted to play sports, a kindred spirit. . .Captures a young boy's heart and holds it out as a gift." --Pointer, "Kirkus Reviews"
"Quirky characters populate this promising...first novel...." "--Publishers Weekly"

Martin. . .is musically talented and lives in a trailer park called Paradise. His macho father thinks that music is for wimps and that real boys play baseball. "School Library Journal"

For every child who never wanted to play sports, a kindred spirit. . .Captures a young boy's heart and holds it out as a gift. "Pointer, Kirkus Reviews"

Quirky characters populate this promising first novel . "Publishers Weekly""

Martin. . .is musically talented and lives in a trailer park called Paradise. His macho father thinks that music is for wimps and that real boys play baseball. School Library Journal

For every child who never wanted to play sports, a kindred spirit. . .Captures a young boy's heart and holds it out as a gift. Pointer, Kirkus Reviews

Quirky characters populate this promising first novel . Publishers Weekly

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"Martin. . .is musically talented and lives in a trailer park called Paradise. His macho father thinks that music is for wimps and that real boys play baseball." --School Library Journal

"For every child who never wanted to play sports, a kindred spirit. . .Captures a young boy's heart and holds it out as a gift." --Pointer, Kirkus Reviews

"Quirky characters populate this promising...first novel...." --Publishers Weekly

About the Author:

Barbara O'Connor is the author of numerous acclaimed books for children, including Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia; Me and Rupert Goody; Greetings from Nowhere and How to Steal a Dog. She has been awarded the Parents' Choice Gold and Silver Awards, the Massachusetts Book Award, and the Dolly Gray Award, among many honors. As a child, she loved dogs, salamanders, tap dancing, school, and even homework. Her favorite days were when the bookmobile came to town. She was born and raised in Greenville, South Carolina, and now lives in Duxbury, Massachusetts, a historic seaside village not far from Plymouth Rock.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0374306664
• ISBN 13: 9780374306663
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 153