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| Fiddle Fever Contributor(s): Doucet, Sharon Arms |
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ISBN: 0618043241 ISBN-13: 9780618043248 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Retail: $15.00 OUR PRICE: $10.43 You Save Over 30% Buy 100 or more: OUR PRICE: $10.05 Save More! Buy 200 or more: OUR PRICE: $9.60 Save Even More!! Binding Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2000 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure |
| LC Subject: - Violin; Fiction. - Cajuns; Fiction. - Family life; Louisiana; Fiction. |
| Dewey: [Fic] |
| LCCN: 00025913 |
| Academic/Grade Level: Grade 7-9, Age 12-14 |
| Book type: Juvenile Fiction |
| Physical Information: 8.50" H x 5.75" W x 0.75" (0.80 lbs) 166 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): IV>Sharon Arms Doucet is the author OF WHY LAPIN'S EARS ARE LONG and LE HOOGIE BOOGIE SONGBOOK: LOUISIANA FRENCH MUSIC FOR CHILDREN. When she is not writing, Ms. Doucet sings and performs in the Doucet Family Band, along with her fiddler husband, Michael, and their three children. She lives in Lafayette, Louisiana. |
Reviewed by Horn Book Guide Reviews (Horn Book Guide Reviews 2001 Spring) Born in southern Louisiana at the turn of the century, FTlix LeBlanc comes from a long line of fiddlers, but his mama forbids him to play. Doucet ably portrays both a youngster's all-consuming passion for a forbidden act and his determination to find his own way. The Creole setting is well realized, and the [cf2]lagniappe[cf1] is Doucet's easy use of similes, which stick to the native dialect like gravy on rice. Glos. Copyright 2001 Horn Book Guide Reviews |
Reviewed by Horn Book Magazine Reviews (Horn Book Magazine Reviews 2000 #5) Born in southern Louisiana at the turn of the century, F lix LeBlanc comes from a long line of fiddlers. His grandfather "used to sit out there on the gallery and play every day at sundown. Always said he was putting the sun to bed." And his uncle, 'Nonc Adolphe, a wandering musician, performs throughout the South. But not until his fourteenth year, when he listens to 'Nonc Adolphe play at the Christmas dance, does F lix understand the pull of that music. F lix recalls the experience: "From that moment until this, that sound has never, not for one single second, let go of me. It was as if I was waking up for the first time, and I knew I could never go back to sleep." Unfortunately, both the music and the frivolity genes bypassed F lix's mama, and when F lix tells her he wants to play the fiddle, she forbids him to do so. Determined to play, and strapped for money, F lix constructs a fiddle from a cigar box and makes his musical debut as a masked reveler during Mardi Gras. When his mother punishes him for the deception, F lix rebels and even attempts to run away. A chance encounter with 'Nonc Adolphe convinces F lix that the wandering life is not for him, and he goes home, where he and his mother work out a compromise. Doucet ably portrays both a youngster's all-consuming passion for a forbidden act and his determination to find his own way. Although the characters' names, their gumbos and jambalayas, and their Cajun speech (with French phrases naturally defined in context) help realize the Creole setting, it is their family conflict over land inheritance coupled with a hardscrabble existence that anchors the story in a particular place and time. And the lagniappe for this atmosphere is Doucet's easy use of similes, which stick to the native dialect like gravy on rice. Glossary and historical note appended. b.c. Copyright 2000 Horn Book Reviews |
Reviewed by School Library Journal Reviews (SLJ Reviews 2000 October) Gr 4-8-A superb story of a boy's coming-of-age in the bayous of South Louisiana in the early days of World War I. In a first-person narrative, Félix Octave LeBlanc tells about the first time he heard his long-absent uncle, `Nonc Adolphe, play the fiddle at a get-together. "The music latched onto something inside of me, as if each note was plucking a string that I hadn't even known was there." From that moment on, all Félix wants to do is play the fiddle, against his parents' wishes. He fashions a violin from an old cigar box, wood, and wire, and secretly teaches himself to play. During the Mardi Gras festivities, he hides behind a costume and mask and joins the Cajun band circling his neighborhood. Unfortunately, made bold by whiskey and pride in his accomplishments, he is unmasked and faces the unpleasant consequences of his actions when he falls from the wagon. Questions of responsibility, obedience, loyalty, self-discovery, friendship, and maturity are all seamlessly woven into the story, underpinned by a sense of the Cajuns' steadfast reverence for church and family. The whole becomes an excellent novel of a boy's growing up, offering a comprehensive historical picture of Cajun life and values, and, most of all, a compelling depiction of the power of music in people's lives. A book not to be missed.-Judith Constantinides, formerly at East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library, LA Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information. |
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