Beethoven in Paradise (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780374405885)

Set in a trailer park called Paradise

You're just wasting your God-given talents if you don't 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 can't change his father, he can learn to stick up for himself. With humor, pathos, and a colorful cast of offbeat characters, Barbara O'Connor shows that there's room for genius wherever there's a place for compassion-- even in Paradise.

Author: Barbara O'Connor
ISBN-10: 0374405883
ISBN-13: 9780374405885
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Language: English
Published: 09/10/1999
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.5
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 78269 / Beethoven in Paradise


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/27/1999