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Nine-year-old Julia Gillian learns a lot about facing fear as she and her St.

When fourteen-year-old Zachary and his father move to Falls, Connecticut, he spends a summer falling in love, coming to terms with his mother's absence, and forming eclectic friendships.

When Piggie plays her new trumpet for Gerald, the elephant decides he must be honest in his response.

When seventeen-year-old Kyle reluctantly succumbs to family pressure and replaces his injured brother in the family racecar, he struggles to keep up with his trumpet playing while deciding how--or if--he can continue making music with a brass quintet and headlines as a Nascar racer.

Photographs and simple text provide an introduction to trumpets, explaining what they look like, how they sound, where they come from, and how they are played.

Andy and Glory, two fifteen-year-olds from Ocean Beach, California, pursue their respective dreams of becoming a famous musician and a professional softball player.

Describes the parts of a trumpet, the history of the instrument, and how it is played.

Examines how a trumpet produces sound, the origin of the trumpet, and its use in orchestras and jazz bands and includes exercises and scores for solo and duet practice.

Photographs and simple text teach young readers about the history of trumpets and explain how they make music.

At seventeen, Daisy feels imprisoned by her brother Steven's autism and its effects and her only escape is through her trumpet into the world of jazz, but when her parents decide to send Steven to an institution she is not ready to let him go.

Perfect Cousin Herbert always gets all the attention until Uncle Louie starts teaching Bernie how to play the trumpet.

Text and photographs explore how a trumpet produces sound, the origins of the instrument, its use in jazz music and in modern orchestra.

Twelve-year-old Billy fights for her right to take trumpet lessons and spend time with her unorthodox grandmother, even though her parents believe these activities will not help her grow up in a ladylike fashion.

Examines the trumpet musical instrument, discussing the kinds of sounds it can make, what family of instruments to which it belongs, its shape, and the kind of music for which trumpets typically are used.

Jack has been looking forward to playing the trumpet in his first concert, but on the morning of the big day, Jack becomes anxious about performing and his worry starts to grow.