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Dancing Hands

by Margarita Engle
Almarie Guerra
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As a little girl, Teresa Carreño loved to let her hands dance across the beautiful keys of the piano. If she felt sad, music cheered her up, and when she was happy, the piano helped her share that joy. Soon she was writing her own songs and performing in grand cathedrals. Then a revolution in Venezuela forced her family to flee to the United States. Teresa felt lonely in this unfamiliar place, where few of the people she met spoke Spanish. Worst of all, there was fighting in her new home, too—the Civil War. Still, Teresa kept playing, and soon she grew famous as the talented Piano Girl who could play anything from a folk song to a sonata—so famous, in fact, that President Abraham Lincoln wanted her to play at the White House! Yet with the country torn apart by war, could Teresa's music bring comfort to those who needed it most?
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Publisher: Dreamscape Media Edition: Unabridged
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OverDrive Listen audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781666556377
  • File size: 7098 KB
  • Release date: November 19, 2019
  • Duration: 00:14:47

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781666556377
  • File size: 7101 KB
  • Release date: November 19, 2019
  • Duration: 00:15:47
  • Number of parts: 1
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subjects

Biography & Autobiography Juvenile Nonfiction Music Reference

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:1260
Text Difficulty:9-12

As a little girl, Teresa Carreño loved to let her hands dance across the beautiful keys of the piano. If she felt sad, music cheered her up, and when she was happy, the piano helped her share that joy. Soon she was writing her own songs and performing in grand cathedrals. Then a revolution in Venezuela forced her family to flee to the United States. Teresa felt lonely in this unfamiliar place, where few of the people she met spoke Spanish. Worst of all, there was fighting in her new home, too—the Civil War. Still, Teresa kept playing, and soon she grew famous as the talented Piano Girl who could play anything from a folk song to a sonata—so famous, in fact, that President Abraham Lincoln wanted her to play at the White House! Yet with the country torn apart by war, could Teresa's music bring comfort to those who needed it most?
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Biography & Autobiography Juvenile Nonfiction Music Reference