While preparing for a performance in a prestigious competition, a young violinist discovers more about herself, her heritage, and the power of music. By the author of Probably Still Nick Swansen. Reprint.
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"I loved this book. Virginia Euwer Wolff created a wonderful story peopled with characters that are interesting and well developed....the ideas presented in the book were such that they could be applied to young and old alike - and even to non-musicians."--Armchair Interviews
"It is a pleasure to have a novel of ideas for young adults that describes the delicate dance between honoring traditions of the past and being your own person in the present."--"Publisher's Weekly"
"A book that will richly reward its readers."--"School Library Journal"
"Her season of discovery--of Mozart, her own roots, and the creative balance between life's traumas and trivia--marks a fine achievement."--"Kirkus Reviews"
“It is a pleasure to have a novel of ideas for young adults that describes the delicate dance between honoring traditions of the past and being your own person in the present.”—"Publisher’s Weekly"
“A book that will richly reward its readers.”—"School Library Journal"
“Her season of discovery—of Mozart, her own roots, and the creative balance between life’s traumas and trivia—marks a fine achievement.”—"Kirkus Reviews"
It is a pleasure to have a novel of ideas for young adults that describes the delicate dance between honoring traditions of the past and being your own person in the present. "Publisher's Weekly"
A book that will richly reward its readers. "School Library Journal"
Her season of discovery--of Mozart, her own roots, and the creative balance between life's traumas and trivia--marks a fine achievement. "Kirkus Reviews""
"It is a pleasure to have a novel of ideas for young adults that describes the delicate dance between honoring traditions of the past and being your own person in the present." --Publisher's Weekly
"A book that will richly reward its readers." --School Library Journal
"Her season of discovery--of Mozart, her own roots, and the creative balance between life's traumas and trivia--marks a fine achievement." --Kirkus Reviews
Virginia Euwer Wolff is an accomplished violinist and former elementary school and high school English teacher. Her first book for young readers, Probably Still Nick Swansen, was published in 1988 and won both the International Reading Association Award and the PEN-West Book Award. Since then she has written several more critically acclaimed young adult novels, earning more honors, including the National Book Award for True Believer, as well as the Golden Kite Award for Fiction and the Jane Addams Book Award for Children's Books that Build Peace. Her books include Make Lemonade, This Full House and Bat 6. She lives in Oregon.
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