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Second Fiddle: Or How to Tell a Blackbird from a Sausage

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By Siobhan Parkinson
Publisher Roaring Brook Press
Second Fiddle: Or How to Tell a Blackbird from a Sausage
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Aspiring writer Mags Clarke has just moved with her mother to a new area after the death of her father. Because her feet are usually firmly planted on the ground, Mags is cautious about befriending Gillian, whom she enchantingly finds playing the violin high up in the trees near her house. But the two get acquainted and embark on Project Manhunt a plan to find Gillians absent father, the only one who can send Gillian to an audition for a prestigious music school. Their strategies differ, making the road to true friendship a bumpy one. Second Fiddle is a thoughtfully crafted portrait of family and an unlikely friendship forged around a noble goal.

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40922 words40,922 words
192 pages192 pages
Lexile 810LLexile 810L
Published 2007Published 2007

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9781596431225

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