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A Crooked Kind of Perfect

By Linda Urban

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| Hardcover | 9780152060077

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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 mContinue

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 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.

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  • A Crooked Kind of Perfect By Linda Urban

    Ten-year-old Zoe Elias knows exactly how everything in her life is supposed to be. As narrator of A Crooked Kind of Perfect, she spells it out on the first page, with the help of first-time author Linda Urban. Zoe will become a child piano prodigy an ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

  • A CROOKED KIND OF PERFECT by Linda Urban

    A CROOKED KIND OF PERFECT by Linda Urban Sandpiper Books Hardcover: 9780152060077 Paperback: 9780152066086 Ages 8-12 336 pages When 10-year-old Zoe Elias sees a documentary about the legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz, she is instantly hooked. She k ... (read full critics)

    kidsreads published on Fri, 27 Aug 2010

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  • Really sweet story about a girl who dreams of being a pianist and ends up with an organ instead. Her music helps to heal her famiy, and to bring joy to a classmate she didn't even realize needed it.

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 224 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0152060073
  • ISBN-13: 9780152060077
  • Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books
  • Pub date: Sep 01, 2007
  • Dimensions: 1226 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Others
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