street musicians

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street musicians

Enly and the buskin' blues

2023
Hoping to earn money for band camp tuition, twelve-year-old Enly Wu Lewis starts busking, but his mission quickly turns into a series of misadventures that change how he sees his family, his dreams, and himself.

The city speaks in drums

2010
Two boys from North End Halifax discover music is all around them while exploring their neighborhood.

Devil's pass

Book 6 of the Seven series
2012
Webb, a young street musician, faces grizzly bears and a madman on the Canol Trail when he tries to fulfill a request in his late grandfather's will.

The world according to Bob

the further adventures of one man and his streetwise cat
2014
Chronicles the author's transition from a homeless street musician with a cat that changed his life to international celebrity author following the publication of his first book, "A Street Cat Named Bob," and discusses how Bob continues to teach him about friendship, loyalty, and trust.

Passing the hat

street performers in America
1981
Discusses buskers in a number of cities, focusing on their reasons for street performing; the dedication, skill, and discipline required to develop an act; and unpleasantries with hasslers and the law.

A street cat named Bob

and how he saved my life
The author chronicles his relationship with a cat he named Bob, and reveals how his life as a street musician has been transformed since meeting the animal.

Libertad

2008
After their mother dies Libertad and his younger brother Julio leave their home near the Guatemala City dump and perform as street musicians along the Rio Grand River while hoping to cross the border into the United States and locate their father.

Singer of souls

2005
Douglas flees his life of petty crime and drug abuse in Minneapolis to Edinburgh, Scotland, where his Grandma McLaren hopes to offer him a fresh start, but as Douglas earns his living playing music, he learns that Edinburgh hides its own dangers, forcing him to choose between the allure of drugs and the promise of a new life.

Brundibar

2003
When Aninku and Pepicek travel to the village to earn money to buy milk for their sick mother, they are befriended by three intelligent talking animals who help them overcome their fears.
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