Alma misses many things--her grandmother; her big brother Eddie back when he didn't deal drugs; the freedom she had before her baby niece Silvita was born; and Jovita, the singer she idolized who was recently killed in a drive-by shooting. Just when things seem hopeless, Alma discovers the cat door in her neighbor's often-empty home, and an unexpected window opens into a better world, full of music.
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Alma misses many things--her grandmother; her big brother Eddie back when he didn't deal drugs; the freedom she had before her baby niece Silvita was born; and Jovita, the singer she idolized who was recently killed in a drive-by shooting. Just when things seem hopeless, Alma discovers the cat door in her neighbor's often-empty home, and an unexpected window opens into a better world, full of music.
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Add this copy of The Music Thief to cart. $9.19, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by Thorndike Press.
Add this copy of The Music Thief to cart. $16.38, very good condition, Sold by The Parnassus BookShop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport, WA, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Henry Holt and Co.
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Very Good in Fine jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7? -9? " tall; First Edition Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Orange half cloth with gilt titles, yellow boards--four brownish smudges mar the yellow front--otherwise the book is in fine condition, tight, solid and square, with sharp corners, internals pristine. Living in San Antonio, Texas, eleven-year-old Alma misses her big brother, the freedom she had before her niece was born, and now tries to cope with the drive-by shooting death of her favorite Latina singer, and finds herself doing something she knows is wrong to get a little peace and quiet. 8.25x5.6". 160 pages. 2002, Henry Holt and Co.
Add this copy of The Music Thief to cart. $43.89, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR).
