A Crooked Kind of Perfect

by Linda Urban

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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 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 centre.
  • ISBN10 0152060073
  • ISBN13 9780152060077
  • Publish Date 1 September 2007
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 29 September 2009
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Harcourt Children's Books
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 224
  • Language English