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Title of Book: A Distant Music By B.J. Hoff
In the winter of 1892, someone stole the teacher’s silver flute. That was the day the music stopped in Skingle Creek. Mr. Johnathan Stuart, the teacher changed that day. Maggie MacAuley, and her friend Summer Rankin want to give Mr. Stuart back his music. They encourage others in the poverty-stricken community to give to their music fund. But how can they ever collect enough to buy a flute? Maggie and her friend Kenny Tallman face two bullies. They need to tell someone what is happening, but fear holds them back. B.J. Hoff, the writer of A DISTANT MUSIC is the author of twenty novels. She wrote the American Anthem trilogy and the Emerald Ballad series. She writes of early America and the people who helped built the country. She and her husband James live in Ohio. B. J. Hoff took the characters from a novella she wrote called THE PENNY WHISTLE and expanded the story to write A DISTANT MUSIC. Every chapter begins with a quote. The quote at the top of chapter one sets the tone for this novel. It is taken from the teacher’s diary, “Even the children are old in such a place.” The poverty and suffering of the children and their parents is almost overwhelming. |
