Clarion Books, 2009-06-04
Crooked Kind of Perfect
Crooked Kind of Perfect
Paperback
SKU:9780152066086
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This offbeat, endearing story reminds us that crooked dreams can still be beautiful. With subtle humor and emotional insight, it celebrates the unexpected paths that lead us home.
Book Details
Book Details
Readability • 4.2
Age Range • 10-12
Pages • 224
Subjects • Family • Family life • Schools • Interpersonal relations • Humorous stories • Music • Instruction and study • Organ (Musical instrument)
Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women • Juvenile Fiction | Family | Blended Families • Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts | Music • Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Chapter Books • Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories • Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts | Theater & Musicals • Juvenile Fiction | Stories in Verse (see also Poetry) • Juvenile Fiction | Boys & Men • Juvenile Fiction | Short Stories • Juvenile Fiction | Poetry (see also Stories in Verse) • Juvenile Fiction | Family | Marriage & Divorce
Publisher Summary
Publisher Summary
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 in Michigan 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.
