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Ten-year-old Zoe Elias dreams of playing a baby grand piano at 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.

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"* "Immediately engaging... Zoe's world is drawn with sometimes painful precision, her emotions are revealed with empathy, and her story unfolds realistically, without the miracles she hopes for, but with small, sometimes surprising changes... sometimes funny, sometimes tender, this is a promising debut."--Booklist"

A Crooked Kind of Perfect

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    A Paperback / softback by Linda Urban

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      Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 06/04/2009
      ISBN13: 9780152066086, 978-0152066086
      ISBN10: 015206608X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Ten-year-old Zoe Elias dreams of playing a baby grand piano at 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.

      Trade Review
      "* "Immediately engaging... Zoe's world is drawn with sometimes painful precision, her emotions are revealed with empathy, and her story unfolds realistically, without the miracles she hopes for, but with small, sometimes surprising changes... sometimes funny, sometimes tender, this is a promising debut."--Booklist"

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