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Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on May 1, 2016
An inspiring, true account of ingenuity in the face of hardship. Rather than be discouraged by a shortage of instruments for his music class, Favio Chávez found the upside of living in a “town made of trash.” With others’ help, he made oil drums into cellos, pipes into flutes, and crates into guitars: “Inventar instrumentos no era fácil. Pero revolvieron y probaron y volvieron a probar hasta descubrir con qué materiales daban en la clave.” (“Inventing instruments wasn’t easy. B...Log In or Sign Up to Read More