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A Crooked Kind of Perfect
Contributor(s): Urban, Linda (Author)
ISBN: 015206608X     ISBN-13: 9780152066086
Publisher: Clarion Books
OUR PRICE:   $7.19  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2009
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Annotation: Sure that she'll be on her way to Carnegie Hall if only she cold have a baby grand, 10-year-old Zoe Elias's dreams hit a sour note when her dad gives her an organ instead.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes)
- Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts - Music
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2006100622
Lexile Measure: 730
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.1" W x 7.6" (0.40 lbs) 224 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 116562
Reading Level: 3.9   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 4.0
 
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Publisher Description:

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.


Contributor Bio(s): Urban, Linda: - Linda Urban's debut novel, A Crooked Kind of Perfect, was selected for many best books lists and was nominated for twenty state awards. She is also the author of Hound Dog True, The Center of Everything, Milo Speck, Accidental Agent, and the chapter book Weekends with Max and His Dad, which received two starred reviews. A former bookseller, she lives in Vermont. Visit Linda online at lindaurbanbooks.com and on Twitter at @lindaurbanbooks.