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Sky
A Novel in Three Sets and an Encore
By Townley, Roderick & Townley, Rod
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68985-712-6
- Publisher
- New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2004.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2004
Gr 7-10 Ten years after James Lincoln Collier's The Jazz Kid (Holt, 1994; o.p.) appeared, readers are treated to the story of Alec Schuyler and his obsession with jazz piano in 1959 New York City. Like Paulie, Sky knows without a doubt that jazz is his life and that he'll do anything to become a great musician, even if it means confronting his hot-tempered, widowed father. Sky's choice is incomprehensible to Quinn, who is even more st...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
