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This was just plain perfect!
In this little gem of a book, Zoe yearns to play the piano. She is sure that the minute her teacher hears her, she will be declared a prodigy and find herself on stage at Carnegie Hall. But Zoe has problems: her mom is a workaholic, her dad is an agoraphobic, her best friend doesn't want to be friends any more, and the school bully is hanging around her house baking cookies with her dad. To cap it off, when her dad ventures out to buy her a piano, he panics and instea ...more
In this little gem of a book, Zoe yearns to play the piano. She is sure that the minute her teacher hears her, she will be declared a prodigy and find herself on stage at Carnegie Hall. But Zoe has problems: her mom is a workaholic, her dad is an agoraphobic, her best friend doesn't want to be friends any more, and the school bully is hanging around her house baking cookies with her dad. To cap it off, when her dad ventures out to buy her a piano, he panics and instea ...more
Excellent. The parents and children and relationships are all believable as well as enjoyable.
A lovely little book - snappy and funny at times, the occasional 'awww' moment. Short chapters, where the title actually tells you something. I'm almost tempted to read it straight through again. I'm not doing a good job of describing it, or what I liked about it, but it's a good one. Plus, I really liked the sock thing - people who wear socks and people who don't, and Zoe's love of fun socks.
My only quibble with the story was - how on EARTH does the UPS guy have so much time to sit around eati ...more
My only quibble with the story was - how on EARTH does the UPS guy have so much time to sit around eati ...more
cute-sy
Aug 18, 2010
Lisa
marked it as to-read
Sep 20, 2010
Terri FL
marked it as to-read
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