Title Broken strings / Eric Walters and Kathy Kacer.

Publication Info.	[Toronto, Ontario] : Puffin Canada, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers, a Penguin Random House Company, 2019.
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Description	282 pages ; 22 cm
Note	The "o" in the word "Broken" in the title appears as a Star of David
Summary	A violin and a middle-school musical unleash a dark family secret in this moving story by an award-winning author duo. For fans of The Devil's Arithmetic and Hana's Suitcase. It's 2002. In the aftermath of the twin towers -- and the death of her beloved grandmother -- Shirli Berman is intent on moving forward. The best singer in her junior high, she auditions for the lead role in Fiddler on the Roof, but is crushed to learn that she's been given the part of the old Jewish mother in the musical rather than the coveted part of the sister. But there is an upside: her "husband" is none other than Ben Morgan, the cutest and most popular boy in the school. Deciding to throw herself into the role, she rummages in her grandfather's attic for some props. There, she discovers an old violin in the corner -- strange, since her Zayde has never seemed to like music, never even going to any of her recitals. Showing it to her grandfather unleashes an anger in him she has never seen before, and while she is frightened of what it might mean, Shirli keeps trying to connect with her Zayde and discover the awful reason behind his anger. A long-kept family secret spills out, and Shirli learns the true power of music, both terrible and wonderful.
Subject	Musicals -- Juvenile fiction.
	Acting -- Juvenile fiction.
	Secrecy -- Juvenile fiction.
	Holocaust survivors' families -- Juvenile fiction.
	Jews -- United States -- Fiction.
	Jews -- Fiction.
	Teenage girls -- Fiction.
	Actors -- Fiction.
	Violin -- Fiction.
	Musical theater -- Fiction.
	Grandfathers -- Fiction.
	Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Fiction.
	Family life -- Fiction.
	Secrets -- Fiction.
	Acting. (OCoLC)fst00796146
	Actors. (OCoLC)fst00796296
	Holocaust survivors' families. (OCoLC)fst01747641
	Jews. (OCoLC)fst00983135
	Musicals. (OCoLC)fst01030814
	Secrecy. (OCoLC)fst01110644
	Teenage girls. (OCoLC)fst01145412
	Violin. (OCoLC)fst01167350
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Children's stories.
	Novels. (OCoLC)fst01921742
	Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Novels.
Added Author	Kacer, Kathy, 1954- author.
Other Form:	Walters, Eric, 1957-, author. Broken strings. / Toronto : Puffin Canada, 2019. (CaOONL)2018904988X
ISBN	9780735266247 (hardcover)
	0735266247 (hardcover)
	9780735266261 (paperback)
	0735266263 (paperback)

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