false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184859587m/1535111.jpg 1535111 5 Ten-year-old Zoe Elias has perfect piano dreams. She can practically feel the keys under her flying fingers; she can hear the audience's applause. All she needs is a baby grand so she can start her lessons, and then she'll be well on her way to Carnegie Hall. But when Dad ventures to the music store and ends up with a wheezy organ instead of a piano, Zoe's dreams hit a sour note. Learning the organ versions of old TV theme songs just isn't the same as mastering Beethoven on the piano. And the organ isn't the only part of Zoe's life that's off-kilter, what with Mom constantly at work, Dad afraid to leave the house, and that odd boy, Wheeler Diggs, following her home from school every day. Yet when Zoe enters the annual Perform-O-Rama organ competition, she finds that life is full of surprises--and that perfection may be even better when it's just a little off center. 1527227 1 9 2007 A Crooked Kind of Perfect total:945|5:324|4:341|3:227|2:43|1:10| 945 3761 1366 365 5 6 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 20:10:58 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 20:11:52 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 07:36:55 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 20 21:13:51 -0700 2009
Loved Zoe's resilience. She gets dumped by her best friend and is invited (by former friend's mom, who doesn't know of the dumpage, in the way that moms of 11-year-olds always know nothing) to former friend'...more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Oct 24 14:54:23 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 24 14:55:05 -0700 2007 4 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 13:30:27 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 14:26:11 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 22 02:38:10 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 02:50:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 17:05:54 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 17:11:23 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 1 false false Mon Dec 08 15:26:44 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 15:27:12 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Tue Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jan 11 02:38:09 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 14:17:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 16:20:08 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 10:44:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 15:38:42 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 15:47:36 -0700 2009
So it shouldn't be much of a surprise that I found A Crooked Kind of Perfect to be absolutely del...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 06:54:14 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 07:10:18 -0700 2009
When Zoe decides she is a musical prodigy and wants to play the piano her dad makes a rare trip...more...]]> 4 0 false true Mon May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 19:19:34 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 19:23:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed May 27 18:16:09 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 07:25:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Sep 05 20:29:27 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 21:24:20 -0700 2009
A Crooked Kind of Perfect is a light, fun (hysterical, actually) read that captures all the hopes and angst of an almost-11-year-old. Zoe desperately wants a piano ("I told my mom I wanted to be a prodigy"), but her dad...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 17:48:35 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 18:47:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Sun Nov 30 17:52:52 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 21:15:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 10:59:15 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 11:15:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jun 11 05:52:50 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 13:26:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 19:37:58 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 19:39:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jul 31 07:07:36 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 07:10:35 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1535111