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Language
English
Description
Discovering an old and strikingly unusual musical composition that causes her to black out and has a violently transformative effect on her daughter, Julia Ansdell travels to Venice to find the man behind the music and uncovers a dark secret dating back to the Holocaust.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When, right before the cutthroat Tchaikovsky Competition – the Olympics of classical music, his priceless Stradivarius is stolen, with a ransom note for five million dollars in its place, Ray McMillian must piece together the clues to reclaim the violin before it’s too late.
4) The fiddler
Author
Series
Home to Hickory Hollow volume 1
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
When 24-year-old Amelia "Amy" DeVries, thoroughly modern and disillusioned, sets out on a road trip through the Pennsylvania mountains, she unexpectedly meets an Amish man--and community--that changes her life forever.
Author
Series
Song of Alaska volume 3
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in turn-of-the-century Alaska, this series conclusion finds Britta at a crossroads where she must finally determine what her heart truly longs for.
Author
Series
Belmont mansion novels volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
When young conductor Nathaniel Whitcomb bends to public opinion and denies master violinist Rebekah Carrington entry into the Nashville Philharmonic because she is a woman, he must work to win back her trust to help him finish his symphony.
Author
Series
Kiss quotient novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When she suddenly loses her ability to play the violin, Anna Sun must learn to listen to her heart and falls in love with a man her parents disapprove of, forcing her to choose between meeting expectations and finding happiness in who she really is.
Author
Series
Frey and McGray novels volume 1
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When a violinist is found brutally murdered in his Edinburgh home, Inspector Ian Frey investigates, leading him to mysterious black magic symbols on the floor and talk of a cursed violin once played by the devil himself.
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Young violinist Joshua Bell enters a competition determined to perform a difficult piece of music, but when he begins to play, he promptly makes a mistake and instead of leaving the stage, Joshua decides to asks the judges for a second chance.
11) Passenger
Author
Series
Passenger volume 1
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
When a violin prodigy who has lost everything wakes up on a ship in another time, a man who wants to escape a life of servitude is forced to confront his past while keeping his former captors from claiming a stolen object of untold value.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A classically trained violinist turned YouTube sensation shares the story of how her unconventional style caused her to be voted off of America's Got Talent before she amassed millions of social media fans, detailing her charmed youth, life as a struggling musician and challenges with anorexia.
Author
Series
Natalie Lockhart volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Detective Natalie Lockhart connects a string of murders to a friend’s unsolved disappearance before uncovering evidence that the killer is among the people she knows.
Author
Publisher
Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The close friendship between Martin Simmonds and violin prodigy Dovidl Rappoport, two Jewish boys living in London between the 1930s and the end of World War II, is threatened by the unexpected disappearance of Dovidl on the eve of his debut performance.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A portrait of gifted violinist Nathaniel Ayers traces his education at Juilliard, his struggles with schizophrenia, the factors that led to his homelessness in Los Angeles, his friendship with the author, and the author's efforts to improve the musician's life.
16) Finding you
Publisher
Roadside Attractions LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Talented aspiring violinist Finley meets Beckett, a famous young movie star, on the way to her college semester abroad program in a small village in Ireland. An unexpected romance develops as the heartthrob Beckett leads the uptight Finley on an adventurous revival, and she inspires him to take charge of his future until the pressures of his stardom get in the way.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life story of Ramzi Aburedwan, a Palestinian refugee who got an education, mastered the viola, and founded a music school in the West Bank, showing how his love of music helped to inspire children in a violent land.
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Rosie is a musical prodigy whose synesthesia allows her to see music in colors. Her mom has always pushed her to become a concert violinist, but this summer Rosie refuses to play, wanting a "normal" life. Forced to spend the summer with her grandparents, Rosie is excited to meet another girl her age hanging out on their property. The girl is familiar, and Rosie quickly pieces it together: somehow, this girl is her mother, when her...
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