A Crooked Kind of Perfect
Ten-year-old Zoe Elias has perfect piano dreams. She can practically feel the keys under her flying fingers; she can hear the audience's applause. All she needs is a baby grand so she can start her lessons, and then she'll be well on her way to Carnegie Hall. But when Dad ventures to...
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Ten-year-old Zoe Elias has perfect piano dreams. She can practically feel the keys under her flying fingers; she can hear the audience's applause. All she needs is a baby grand so she can start her lessons, and then she'll be well on her way to Carnegie Hall. But when Dad ventures to the music store and ends up with a wheezy organ instead of a piano, Zoe's dreams hit a sour note. Learning the organ versions of old TV theme songs just isn't the same as mastering Beethoven on the piano. And the organ isn't the only part of Zoe's life that's off-kilter, what with Mom constantly at work, Dad afraid to leave the house, and that odd boy, Wheeler Diggs, following her home from school every day. Yet when Zoe enters the annual Perform-O-Rama organ competition, she finds that life is full of surprises--and that perfection may be even better when it's just a little off center.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780152066086 (015206608X)
Publish date: April 6th 2009
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
I chose this one to inspire my sone Michael to practice the piano. The book was great... but he is now playing the trumpet!
Zoe is a funny and verbal 10 year old who dreams of playing the piano at Carnegie Hall. She may be a little odd, but so is everyone around her and her running commentary on her agoraphobic Dad, workaholic Mom and friends who are not always what they seem keeps the story bubbling along. The narrat...
I absolutely loved this book. The pacing was great. The characters were quirky, but not too quirky.