accordion

A boy who enjoys music and fun at his grandparents' homes ends the quiet in his own by persuading his grandfathers, who immigrated from different countries, to get out their accordions and play. Includes author's note about his own immigrant grandparents.

A boy who enjoys music and fun at his grandparents' homes ends the quiet in his own by persuading his grandfathers, who immigrated from different countries, to get out their accordions and play. Includes author's note about his own immigrant grandparents.

"When an unexpected package containing an accordion arrives, Eugenia Lincoln tries to get rid of the instrument by selling it, destroying it, and giving it away, but nothing works"--OCLC.

"When an unexpected package containing an accordion arrives, Eugenia Lincoln tries to get rid of the instrument by selling it, destroying it, and giving it away, but nothing works"--OCLC.

Mariangela longs to play the piano, but her Italian immigrant family arranges for accordion lessons instead, and she is mortified when her reluctant struggle to make the bulky instrument sing appears doomed to failure.

Fifteen-year-old Molly gains support from her extended Irish American family and enlightenment in Girl Corps philosophy and activities, as she deals with a cheating boyfriend and overbearing best friend.

A fictional account of different immigrant families in America who all have owned a single handmade accordian. Follows their quests for a fulfilled life in America from Iowa to Texas and from Maine to Louisiana.

Hector abandons his career as a pointer for one as a musician when he accidentally acquires an accordion nose.

Mendel, an accordion player with a klezmer band in Eastern Europe, makes happy and sad music in and around his hometown of Melnitze, a practice he continues after moving to America, but with each succeeding generation the accordion becomes less popular until his great-grandson Samuel makes the decision to learn to play Mendel's music.

A fictional account of different immigrant families in America who all have owned a single handmade accordian. Follows their quests for a fulfilled life in America from Iowa to Texas and from Maine to Louisiana.