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Ada's violin the story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay

A town built on a landfill. A community in need of hope. A girl with a dream. A man with a vision. An ingenious idea.

Main Author: Hood, Susan, 1954- (Author)
Other Authors: Comport, Sally Wern (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2016]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Bordados, Ada Maribel Rios > Juvenile nonfiction.
Orquesta de Instrumentos Reciclados Cateura > Juvenile nonfiction.
Orchestra > Paraguay > Asunción > Juvenile nonfiction.
Orchestral musicians > Paraguay > Asunción > Juvenile nonfiction.
Summary: A town built on a landfill. A community in need of hope. A girl with a dream. A man with a vision. An ingenious idea.
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
ISBN: 9781481430951
1481430955
Author Notes: Susan Hood is the award-winning author of many books for young readers, including Ada's Violin , Alias Anna , Harboring Hope , The Last Straw , Lifeboat 12 , and Shaking Things Up . Susan is the recipient of the E.B. White Honor Award, two Christopher Awards, the Américas Award, the SCBWI Golden Kite Award, and the Bank Street Flora Stieglitz Straus Award, given to "a distinguished work of nonfiction that serves as an inspiration to young people." In addition to winning many state reading awards, Susan's books have been named a National Jewish Book Awards finalist, a Sydney Taylor Notable Book, a NCTE Notable Poetry Book, a NSTA Best Stem Book of the Year, an Amazon Teachers' Pick, a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, and a Bank Street Best Book of the Year. Visit her at SusanHoodBooks.com.

Sally Wern Comport has illustrated numerous picture books and novels, including Love Will See You Through: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Six Guiding Beliefs (as told by his niece) ; Brave Margaret: An Irish Adventure ; Hanging Off Jefferson's Nose: Growing Up on Mt. Rushmore ; and the Spy Mice series. She has also translated her picture making skills to various large-scale public, private, and institutional artworks. Sally lives with her husband and two daughters in Annapolis, Maryland, where she operates Art at Large Inc. Learn more at ArtAtLargeInc.com.

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