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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2010
Gr 3-5 A tender story about love and loss. Anna Maria, the nine-year-old daughter of a gifted violin maker, is sent to live and study at the Pietà, an orphanage in Venice, after her father dies. The violin prodigy flourishes under the tutelage of maestro Antonio Vivaldi but suffers...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
In eighteenth-century Italy, Anna Maria's dying father makes her a violin to remember him by. When Anna Maria goes to live with the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More