"Ten-year-old Zoe Elias dreams of playing a baby grand piano at Carnegie Hall. But when Dad ventures to the music store and ends up with a wheezy organ instead of a piano, Zoe's dreams hit a sour note. Learning the organ versions of old TV theme songs just isn't the same as mastering Beethoven on the piano. And the organ isn't the only part of Zoe's life that's off-kilter, what with Mom constantly at work, Dad afraid to leave the house, and the odd boy, Wheeler Diggs, following her home from school every day. Yet when Zoe enters the annual Perform-O-Rama organ competition, she finds that life is full of surprises - and that perfection may be even better when it's just a little off center."
- Rebecca Caudill website summary
4 comments:
Have you ever wanted something so badly that you ached for it? Zoe is sure that she will be a prodigy as soon as her dad buys her a piano. Then she actually talks him into buying it for her! But dad is pretty quirky and gets talked into buying an organ instead. What a disappointment =/ But it turns out that being successful is wonderful, no matter what your talent is! You are sure to enjoy this perfectly fun and funny read!
I love This Book! it's so detailed!
This book is great it is about a girl named Zoe Elias and she loved to play the perfectone d-60. She entered a contest that Mabaline Person payed for. Did she win?... read and find out... Jenah Shear
A Crooked Kind of Perfect is about a 10 year old girl named Zoe Elias who has dreamed to play the piano at Carnegie Hall all her life. But instead of a piano beauty, she gets an ugly looking gross sounding organ,also known as the Perfectone d-60. Her Les teacher is no help at all. He's the one who gave her a paper piano she can play instead. "Am I a prodigy yet",she would ask Miss Person.(you pronounce it Pers-on)"Again",she would command and Zoe would play it again until Miss Person couldn't take it anymore. With the perform-o-rama around the corner,Zoe Elias needed to practice more than ever. But how could she.She didn't like it.Or did she?
-Savannah Willis
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