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| Material Type: | Elementary and junior high school, Fiction |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Gail Carson Levine |
| ISBN: | 0060281545 9780060281540 0060281537 9780060281533 0064407470 9780064407472 |
| OCLC Number: | 40311547 |
| Description: | 281 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Gail Carson Levine. |
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Abstract:
When orphaned Dave is sent to the Hebrew Home for Boys where he is treated cruelly, he sneaks out at night and is welcomed into the music- and culture-filled world of the Harlem Renaissance. The next song was slow, and the trumpet was more important than the piano. I closed my eyes. The trumpet purred and hummed, and sometimes it sang so sweetly it could have been a lullaby. I leaned my head back against the wall behind my chair. I wondered if Irma Lee knew how to do the Charleston. I didn't know anything about dancing. But if I tried it, I knew she wouldn't laugh at me. I'd be her friend, just like I promised I would. I'd be her friend even if I had to climb down the walls of the asylum to go to see her.
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- Orphans -- Fiction.
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- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
- Orphans -- Fiction.
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.
- Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
- Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction.
- Harlem Renaissance -- Fiction.
- Harlem Renaissance -- Juvenile fiction.
- African Americans -- Fiction.
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
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