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The Mozart Question
By Morpurgo, Michael & Foreman, Michael
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-76363-552-7
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2008.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2008
Gr 4-6 Set in Venice in the 1960s, this tale intertwines a famous violinist's boyhood reminiscences with the story of his parents' Holocaust experiences. Usually reticent Paolo Levi gives an interview to a young reporter and the story's narrator, answering the long-standing "Mozart question." When he was nine, Paolo badgered his mother into showing him the violin that was hidden away atop a cupboard, and she made him promise not to tell his father. The boy knew that Papa had once been a violinist, though he'd never heard him play. Soon aft...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
For young reporter Lesley, reclusive violinist Paolo Levi addresses the question he's long avoided: why he never performs Mozart. Levi del...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
