false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180004987m/983866.jpg 983866 10 <div>When Burl Crow runs away from home to escape his brutal father, he heads for the place he knows best &#8212; the wilderness. Craving solitude, he is stunned by the sight of a grand piano dangling from a helicopter, and even more startled to find himself drawn to the sounds that eventually come from it. Tracing the source of the music, Burl finds Nathaniel Orlando Gow, the Maestro, standing on the deck of a strange, pyramid-like cabin. The reclusive, eccentric Maestro (based on the brilliant Canadian pianist Glenn Gould) has chosen to escape, too, and only reluctantly offers the wet, starving Burl shelter. Slowly but surely, the two form a bond, and Burl's eyes are opened to a world he never dreamed of. <br>Will his rapport with the Maestro give Burl the inner courage needed to face the difficult choices that suddenly confront him when his father reappears?<i>The Maestro</i> is a poignant coming-of-age drama that testifies to the redemptive powers of friendship.</div> 1726352 1996 The Maestro total:35|5:10|4:10|3:9|2:5|1:1| 35 128 45 9 983866 0888996373 9780888996374 30 9 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180004987m/983866.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/983866.The_Maestro 5 1 false Wed Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 06:57:58 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 08:14:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 983866 0888996373 9780888996374 30 9 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180004987m/983866.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/983866.The_Maestro 4 0 false Tue Dec 08 19:26:20 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 10:00:17 -0800 2009 Burl is a young boy whose father is an abusive drunk and his mother has medicated herself into sedation. One day Burl runs away into the woods and determines that he wont ever return home. He finds a hidden cabin where ...more...]]> 983866 0888996373 9780888996374 30 9 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180004987m/983866.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/983866.The_Maestro 3 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 09 09:11:50 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 09:18:33 -0800 2009
Burl, a boy whose family life is far from ideal or even decent, catches his abusive father in a secret tryst and proceeds to run away. In his flight from home he comes across Ghost Lake and a cabin, whose inhabitant is the world-famous pianist and highly eccentric Nathaniel ...more...]]> 983866 0888996373 9780888996374 30 9 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180004987m/983866.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/983866.The_Maestro 3 0 false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Oct 20 22:47:58 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 08 12:45:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 983866 0888996373 9780888996374 30 9 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180004987m/983866.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/983866.The_Maestro 3 0 false Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 08:08:33 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 08:33:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 983866 0888996373 9780888996374 30 9 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180004987m/983866.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/983866.The_Maestro 3 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 10:50:23 -0700 2009 Wed Dec 09 11:17:56 -0800 2009
Burl Crow has has a hard life: his father beats him, his mother is emotionally absent, and the only teach who has ever shown any interest in him must stay at the middle school while he goes on to high school. After a run-in ...more...]]> 983866 0888996373 9780888996374 30 9 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180004987m/983866.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/983866.The_Maestro 4 0 false Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 09:41:44 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 09:59:21 -0700 2009
Wynne-Jones' novel is about a teenage boy who grew up in a broken, abusive home who finally finds his way to something more and learns something about life, solitude, and reason.

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