Remarkable Ear - Softcover

Fine, Anne

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9781781129449: Remarkable Ear
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1781129444 ISBN 13: 9781781129449
Publisher: Barrington Stoke, 2020

Synopsis

Beloved and award-winning author Anne Fine returns with a touching, musical story of patience, practice and courage.

Everyone's always telling Will to stop making so much noise. That is, until he meets music teacher Mr Brand. He thinks Will's not just noisy but that he has a gift and must learn to play the violin. But Will doesn't feel special . He can never find peace to practice at home and carrying a violin around school is too embarrassing. There's also the small matter of his stage fright … Can he really become the star Mr Brand believes in? Beloved and award-winning author Anne Fine returns with a touching, musical story of patience, practice and courage. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant or dyslexic readers aged 8+

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About the Author

An acclaimed and award-winning author of books for both adults and children, Anne Fine was the second Waterstones Children's Laureate holding the post from 2001 to 2003. Fine began writing in the 1970's and since then has written more than seventy books for children of all ages as well as novels for adults. Amongst her best-known works are Goggle-Eyes, which won both the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the coveted Carnegie Medal, Flour Babies, which also won the Carnegie, Madame Doubtfire, later adapted into the hit children's film Mrs Doubtfire, and Bill's New Frock. In 2003 Anne Fine was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was awarded an OBE.

From the Back Cover

"Ssshh, Will! It's too loud."

Everyone's always telling Will to stop humming, singing and making so much noise. That is, until he meets music teacher Mr Brand. Will's not noisy, Mr Brand explains, he has a gift - a remarkable ear for music - and he absolutely must learn to play the violin.
But Will can never find peace to practise at home, and the only space at school is in a broom cupboard. Then there's the small matter of his stage fright ...
Can Will overcome all these obstacles and fulfil his dream of going to music school?

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Publisher
Barrington Stoke
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1781129444
ISBN 13 
9781781129449
Binding
Paperback
Illustrator
De Rond Roxana
Number of pages
80
Rating
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