| Description |
1 online resource |
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data file rda |
| Summary |
From award-winning author Susan Hood and illustrator Sally Wern Comport comes the extraordinary true tale of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, an orchestra made up of children playing instruments built from recycled trash.Ada Ri⁺ѓos grew up in Cateura, a small town in Paraguay built on a landfill. She dreamed of playing the violin, but with little money for anything but the bare essentials, it was never an option...until a music teacher named Favio Cha⁺ѓvez arrived. He wanted to give the children of Cateura something special, so he made them instruments out of materials found in the trash. It was a crazy idea, but one that would leave Adáђؤand her towńђؤforever changed. Now, the Recycled Orchestra plays venues around the world, spreading their message of hope and innovation. |
| Audience |
Text Difficulty 3 - Text Difficulty 4 |
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820 Lexile. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. New York : Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2016. Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB). |
| Subject |
Juvenile Nonfiction.
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Music.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Original 9781481430951 |
| ISBN |
9781481430968 (electronic bk) |
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