Book of the Month, April 2017
Ada’s Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay by Susan Hood and illustrated by Sally Comport

Ada lives next to a landfill where people comb the trash looking for items to sell for recycling. There is little hope or stimulation in her life until a teacher offers music lessons. Inspiration flows from this true story of how children in a orchestra with instruments made from the trash becomes a international sensation. -Recommended by Marilyn Carpenter

ISBN: 9781481430951
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
PubDate: May 2016

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• Themes: ada's violin, Marilyn Carpenter, Sally Wern Comport, susan hood
• Descriptors: WOW Recommends