Fiddle fever

Resource Information

The work Fiddle fever represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Fiddle fever

Creator

• Doucet, Sharon Arms

Contributor

• hoopla digital

Subject

• Electronic books
• Families -- Louisiana -- Juvenile fiction
• Fiddling -- Juvenile fiction
• Cajuns -- Juvenile fiction
• Violin -- Juvenile fiction
• Louisiana -- Juvenile fiction

Genre

• Juvenile fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Although it is 1914 and the world is changing all around him, Felix LeBlanc feels trapped on his Louisiana farmhouse, where nothing ever happens. When he hears his uncle, 'Nonc Adolphe, play the fiddle for the first time, he knows there's music in his blood, and he's determined to be a musician, too. However, he's too poor to buy his own fiddle, and to make matters worse, Maman has forbidden him to even touch one, fearing that he'll choose the wayward life of a fiddler. And so Felix begins to build his own fiddle out of a crude cigar box and a piece of cypress wood, keeping it a secret from his family and even his best friend, Chance. It is a solitary journey that will require all of his ingenuity-and place at risk the relationships that are dearest to him. Set against the colorful backdrop of the Cajun bayous, Fiddle Fever relays an important message about the universal need for self-expression and the compromises we must all make in our search for individuality. Glossary of French terms

Cataloging source

Midwest

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Literary form

fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Target audience

juvenile