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Color of Sound, The

Emily Barth Isler

Ages: 9+

Published: 2024

Publisher: Carolrhoda Books/Lerner

ISBN: 978-1-7284-8777-9

Keywords: Family/School/Community-Synesthesia, musical instruction, mothers and daughters, Holocaust, Judaism, Friendship, Alzheimer's, Grief

Everyone knows that 12-year-old Rosie is a violin prodigy, but no one knows that she sees music in colors. Can she confide in Shanna, the mysterious girl?