A Crooked Kind of Perfect

By Linda Urban

Publisher Harcourt Imprint Harcourt ISBN

9780152060077

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A Crooked Kind of Perfect

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Language: Crude Humor

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"A piano is glamorous. Sophisticated. Worldly. It is a wonderful thing to play the piano. . . . I play the organ. A wood-grained, vinyl-seated, wheeze-bag organ. The Perfectone D-60." Zoe, eleven, wants to become a musical prodigy, but her distractible father brings home the wrong instrument. Then her best friend dumps her for someone cooler. And a weird boy starts following her home. As Zoe suffers through lessons in playing "Hits of the Seventies," she wonders whether anything in her life will ever be right. Until then, there's always the cha-cha setting.

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AR Level 3.7 AR Points 4.0 AR Ready No Canadian Rights No Dewey F Title alpha A Crooked Kind of Perfect Category Intermediate Readers Pages Count 144 Summary Zoe has always wanted a piano. Instead, she has a Perfectone D-60 organ. Her father cannot take a job outside the home, due to his anxiety disorders, so Zoe spends a lot of time with him at home. She learns with him as he completes his correspondence courses, and he keeps her company as she practices the organ. She has learned so much that her organ teacher enters her in the Perfectone Perform-O-Rama. Zoe’s keyboard skills and Leo’s cookies catch the attention of Wheeler Diggs, and one day Wheeler follows Zoe home. Soon it is as though he has become a part of the family. When Zoe’s mother cannot take Zoe to the Perform-O-Rama, Wheeler helps Leo fight through his anxieties enough to make the drive and allow Zoe to compete. Topics Pianos. Organs. Performances. Career day. Parents. Embarrassment. Music lessons. Anxiety disorders. Correspondence courses. Friends. Practicing. Birthday parties. Choosing presents. Not fitting in. Displaying a talent. Selecting performance pieces. Baking. Unexpected visitors. Quitting. Motivation. Having an admirer. Jealousy. Neil Diamond's "Forever in Blue Jeans." Disappointments. Problem solving. Birthday cards. Dreams. Crowds. Salespeople. Competitions. Playing through mistakes. Doing well. Having common interests. Scoring performances. Trophy presentations. Celebrations. Dreams coming true. SRC Level 4.500000 SRC Points 8.000000 Lexile 730L Trim Size 5" x 7 1/2" Language English JLG Release Date Sep 2007 Minimum grade 3 Maximum grade 5 Reading level Elementary Format Print

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