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Summary: The best kid's book that I have ever read!
Review: This is by far and away the best kid's book that I have ever read-and since I've read the entire children's section of my local library, thats saying a lot. I first read this book when I was nine, and it was so good that I read it twice in a row, and took up the violin. I'm sixteen now, and I still pick up this book whenever I need inspiration or a new way to look at the world in general. Its a wonderful book that kids can use to see how they fit into the world-and beyond that, its a great piece of fiction that I am sure anyone would treasure for as long as I have. I highly reccomend this book, no matter what your age. I'm sure that I will continue to read it far into the future.
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Summary: GREAT
Review: This is my absolute favorite book. I loved it. I've read it 1000 times, and I always read it before an audition. It helps me sit down and practice too. I can't believe it's out of print!
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Summary: I wish that I could give it more!!
Review: This is one of my manny favorite books. I love this book! I did't play the violin when I read it, but you don't have to to like it. When I read this book, I started taking violin lessons and now I own my own violin and LOVE playing music. The book is about A girl named Allegra. She enters a music compatition with her violin. I love it because Allegra is a normal girl (11 almost 12 in the book) and you can just tell that she really and truly loves music. ...I had a lot of favorite parts in this book, from the way Allegra's music tacher make her music about her, to the midnight bikerides Allegra starts taking to get her mind off things. I would have to say though, that my all time favorite part was when Allegra takes a wak in the part. She starts banging on sometime to make a cool noise. Pretty soon everyone starts and the whole park is one big music-loving nature symphonie. This book had me hooked and I give Virginia Wolff a round ofapplause for being the mind behind this book!
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Summary: Listen to the music inside you-the best in the world
Review: This moving book really captured my heart. Allegra's struggles with the concerto moved me. Her ability to understand music in such an insightful way touched my love of music. This is a truly well-written book of music and helping find someone and herself.
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Summary: Wonderful,inspiring, and musical!
Review: This was one of he best books I have ever read! Allegra is a great "heroine" and all of the other characters are great,too. Virginia Euwer Wolff is so creative!
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Summary: PLeAse rEaD mY ReVIeW
Review: Uh-huh . . . I don't CARE what anyone else says about this book. This is a book that belongs on your bookshelf. Actually, it shouldn't even be on your bookshelf. It should be by your bed (or where ever you keep books that you read all the time) and not sit in one place long enough to gather dust. I mean it. IT IS NOT BORING, unless you happen to be one of those blond cheerleaders (if so, you have my utmost and deepest sympathy) who is either illiterate or just can't comprehend such a concept as hard work and hard thinking. The Mozart Season is not only funny . . . it's real, smart, and um . . . soulfully staggering. It is definitely on my all-time-top-ten-books-list. You may not want to buy it just right now. Go to your library (you know, that building with all the shelves and shelves of books) and check it out. After you read it a few times, you may just happen to find some meaning in it. Try it . . . please. It is a good book, I promise.
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Summary: Inspiring
Review: We picked The Mozart Season by Virginia Euwer Wolff at my mother-daughter book discussion group kind of blindly. Someone had heard good things about it, and we decided to read it. From the moment I read the first sentence, I knew I was going to love this book.
The Mozart Season tells the incredible story of Allegra Shapiro, a twelve-year-old violinist. Her mother plays violin in the Symphony, and her father is an accomplished cellist. Naturally, Allegra picks up her parents' love for music. And she is quite good. She is picked to play Mozart's fourth concerto for violin at the Bloch Competition for young violinists in Oregon. The main plot of the story revolves around Allegra's struggles to master the piece before the Labor Day competition.
But this book is so much more. It also tells of Deirdre, a wonderful but troubled singer who happens to be a friend of Mrs. Shapiro. It talks about Mr. Trouble, a mentally retarded man who is searching for his lost song. It tells of Allegra's struggles to cope with the horror of her great-grandmother's death. But most of all, The Mozart Season tells about Allegra. Allegra's triumphs, Allegra's failures. Allegra's laughs and her tears. And Allegra is one of the most inspiring people I have ever read about.
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Summary: A VERY inspirational book...
Review: When I first read this book a few months ago, I was in the same place as Allegra: 12 and a half years old, 5 foot one and three quarters inch tall, and working on a Mozart Concerto for a major competition. At the time I was in a frenzy, practicing so much I could barely think straight. Reading The Mozart Season helped me figure out how I was going to play my concerto in my own special way- and I'm very greatful. I think anyone who is serious about anything: sports, writing, ect, should read this book. It has a gorgeous story line and you'll love it!
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Summary: There's Something About Allegra
Review: When the book opens with a scene at the symphony where they watch Allegra's mother perform, I got a little lost. But I kept reading and have since fallen in love with The Mozart Season. I first read The Mozart Season when I was fourteen at US Swim meet. It strange--I thought I would go through the book so fast that I brought other books, too, but the Mozart wound up taking all day. Not that I minded. It was the attention to details that got me. There is this image I have of the magnificent rose gardens of Oregon, Allegra's mother's eccentric friend, and Allegra's Bro David. The touch of romance is what did it in for me. In the Mozart Season, I was encapsulated by Euwer Wolff's tone--sheer innocence. It is something I hope to find in my own writing. Ezra, the 14-year-old Allegra meets at the violin competition, was the sweetest thing. His radio dedication to Allegra was the sweetest thing imaginable. Allegra and Ezra made me become a great fan of those radio call-in shows. Euwer Wolff's syntax made Allegra's personality appropriately precocious. She was only 12, but was going onto 30!!! I read The Mozart Season at least once a summer. It helps me refocus on the past summer and serves as the structure where I ask myself, what have I learned this summer, as far as I'M concerned. What have I done for myself or others lately? I never clicked with the violin (but rather, a flute), but it is that bond that Allegra shares with her instrument that I once had with my flute and now have with my writing. Someone wrote that Steve Landauers are non-existent. Well, I've met Steve Landauer-wannabees, which has to be about three times worse! Unfortunately, the book is now out of print and I'm in the pursuit of a good used copy!!! I NEED one for my nightstand at college! And a final shout-out to any and all interested males--they can DEFINITELY take a hint or two from Ezra. He's got his act down right. This book is a must-read.
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