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Beethoven in Paradise

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By Barbara O'Connor
Publisher Farrar, Straus Giroux - (Sunburst)
Beethoven in Paradise
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Set in a trailer park called Paradise Youre just wasting your Godgiven talents if you dont get yourself something besides a little ole harmonica to play. Wylene made it sound so easy. Martin had always like music liked to listen to it, liked to make up tunes in his head. But all he had to do was say the word piano to his father and all hell would break loose. His father thought music was for sissies, and was always mad at Martin for not being good at baseball. But with a lot of help from his friends Wylene and Sybil and his grandmother, Hazeline, Martin learns that, although he cant change his father, he can learn to stick up for himself. With humor, pathos, and a colorful cast of offbeat characters, Barbara OConnor shows that theres room for genius wherever theres a place for compassion even in Paradise.

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33454 words33,454 words
168 pages168 pages
Lexile 680LLexile 680L
Grade P to 12Grade P to 12
Age 1-17Age 1-17
Published 1977Published 1977

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9780374405885

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