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Summary: This is a wonderful book!
Review: After reading about names Allegra gave certain grouops of people, the Stem People and Ear Ladies, I realized that she and I have a lot in common because I sometimes do that, also. As a musician myself, I know how hard it is to enter a competition in which you simply MUST do better than everybody else. I always wanted to read a book about musicians going through the same things I do, and now I have, and I loved it!
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Summary: a favorite book!!!!
Review: Allegra Schapiro is the youngest person to be a finalist in a youth violin competition. She spends her summer practicing Mozart's fourth violin concerto, playing in her orchestra, searching for a lost song, and turning pages for other misicians. Getting to know the concerto leads her to thinking about herself. She wonders about religion, her history, why people do certain little things, how can she make the concerto hers? Allegra is a girl you will love, and the people she knows and meets make her summer even more interesting. This is a must read!
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Summary: "The Mozart Season" paints a magical summer of music
Review: Allegra Shapiro is a twelve-year old violin prodigy who is chosen to compete in a prestigious competition. She is the youngest violinist there, and spends the summer practicing Mozart's fourth violin concerto. Along the way she learns a great deal about the importance of remembering, friendships, and understanding the music inside all of us."The Mozart Season" is my favourite YA book dealing with music--Euwer Wolff fills the pages with sparkling cadenzas, trills and double stops, Miles Davis jazz records, and a midnight radio serenade. Allegra's reactions and insights into Mozart's compositions helped me to better interpret them myself. There is a memorable cast of characters as well: besides Allegra there is Bro David, her older cartoonist brother, Deidre, the strange semi-famous soprano who throws up before going on stage and breaks down easily at the smallest things, Mr. Trouble, a brain-damaged man looking for his lost song, and more. The book is full of detail: the smell and colour of the roses in the park, the sound of water splashing down a metal sculpture, the pianissimo notes floating softly through the air, the feel of the embroidered velvet purse that belonged to Allegra's great-grandmother, the smells from the food vendors at the concerts. This is the most descriptive (and aural) book that I have ever read; from page one you will be drawn into Allegra's "Mozart Summer" wishing that it would never end.
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Summary: Wonderful story of a young musician
Review: As the story begins, twelve-year old violinist and softball player Allegra Shapiro has just discovered that she has made the finals of a very prestigious violin competition. "The Mozart Season" tells the story of her summer; of practicing, preparation and competition; of friendship; and of trying to find a "lost song" for the strange and disturbed "Mr. Trouble." A realistic, beautiful and inspirational story. I especially liked her description of Allegra's thought processes while she was playing; and the elevator conversation was hilarious.
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Summary: An AWESOME book for musicians!
Review: I am a young violinst around Allegra's age, and I just fell in love with this book. If you are not a musician, you may find it a little boring, but since I play the violin, I loved it. It is about a 12 year old girl who plays a Mozart competion and at the same time, does other things that a 12 year old girl would never do. I myself practice everyday, and when I am feeling frusterated, I start reading a part in this book, and it helps me to practice. So this book is right next to my music stand. OK, I know this is getting boring so my last words-READ THE BOOK!
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Summary: Fair
Review: I didn't mind this book. I'm not really into the violin so I couldn't really relate to the characters. Being that I play the piano, I could understand some of the terms used. I guess I thought the book was not very exciting, but I liked the author's writing style. It was easier to understand for the most part.
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Summary: Crosses huge bridges
Review: I fell in love with this book as a 14-year-old desperate to understand why I was so passionate about something as ridiculous as my singing. I am now 20 years old, and the stream of consciousness, or (dare I say) near clairvoyance that the author gives the heroine makes her as pleasing to me today as years ago. This book is phenomenal - I only recommend that it be given to and read by older readers - the character may be 12 but the messages really hit home with slightly older readers who are willing to become a little introspective and examine the truths of their lives as Allegra does so poignantly
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Summary: I Love this book!!
Review: I first got this book when I was in grade 6. Now I'm in grade 11 but it is still my favourite book! I think the book is just so beautifully written. It's so young and innocent, yet mature. It's one of the only books I could read day after day. I play the piano and I feel like Allegra sometimes. I loved reading about Allegra's friends. THe "Mr. Trouble" sub-plot is magnificant! I love how Allegra is portrayed as a magnificant musician, yet a down-to-earth normal kid. She's the best of both worlds!
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Summary: It's the best book!
Review: I have already written a review for this book, but since it has been about an year, it's time for me to write another one! This book (as you read from other reviews) is really good. It's about Allegra (you probably read that lots of times) and she enters an Ernst Bloch competition. She spends the whole summer bringing up the Mozart concerto (number 4), and at the same time really matures. I really like this book because I'm a young violinst Allegra's age. I haven't played any Mozart concertos yet (even though I hope to soon!) However, I can really relate to Allegra in some points. I have this book by my music stand and everytime something frustrates me, I just flip to a page and read a page or two, and it really encourages me to keep going and practicing. I'm really sorry that this review has been boring. But this book will be good for you, even if you're not a musical person. I really love it. READ THIS BOOK!
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Summary: NICE BOOK!
Review: I love this book! It's about a girl close to my age who plays the violin who lives in Portland, Oregon and has a fairly uncomplicated life, until she makes the finals of the Ernest Bloch competion for violinists, which she doesn't really wan't to play in it, becaue she know she'll be the youngest, but then she sees a picture of the Julliard String Quartet on her teachers's desk and develops an instant crush on Joel Smirnoff who was the second violinist then, but know he's the first, and so she decides to play in the compititon for him and she does, and there are a lot of other things happening to make her summer even more complicated, but like the hero she is, she solves everything and learns a lot. I knew I could write this in one sentence
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