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Thursday, June 20, 2013

The Lucy Variations by Sara Zarr




Lucy had it all as a child star pianist, she went to all the major competitions, winning them, had her own concerts, and was known by almost every pianist. But that all came crashing down when her Grandmother passed away while she gone at one of the biggest and best piano competition in the business. While on stage she walked off, before even playing, ending her career. She hadn't played piano since. To add a cherry on top of all this business, her brother's piano teacher just died in their house, in Lucy's arms who tried to save her. Now the family found a young new piano teacher with fresh new ideas on how to teach, a true love for piano, and a determination to get Lucy to play again.

-Pages:  320
- Age: 15 and up (inappropriate language, subjects better understood by mature readers)
-Reader Type: realistic
-Our Rating: We thought this book was good, not the worst, not the best either. One of the things that bothered us about this book was that is was written in third person, making it hard to understand and relate to the main character. Overall it made the story very awkward to read. Besides that though, the book was fine, it was a bit slow but it was a fun read. Yet another good book for musicians.

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