FIDDLE FEVER.Doucet, Sharon ArmsFIDDLE FEVER. ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-618-04324-1. New York: Clarion Books, 2000. 166 pp. $15.00. On a quiet Louisiana bayou farm in 1914, Felix LeBlanc and his family are struggling just to survive. Felix's belief that there has to be more to life than farming is validated when Nonc (short for mon oncle ... or "my uncle") Adolphe, a fiddler, returns home. Felix is touched by the music and wants to play himself, but is forbidden to do so by his mother. He defies his family's wishes and secretly makes his own fiddle out of a cigar box. He then must face the consequences of that action. This book includes a short history of the Acadians The Acadians (French: Acadiens) are the descendants of the original French settlers and often Métis, of parts of Acadia (French: Acadie) in the northeastern region of North America comprising what is now the Canadian Maritime Provinces of New Brunswick, Nova , a glossary of French and English words, and the lyrics to "La Chanson chanson (French; “song”) French art song. The unaccompanied chanson for a single voice part, composed by the troubadours and later the trouvères, first appeared in the 12th century. de Mardi Gras." Ages 9 up. Reviewed by Irene A. Allen, Eastern Michigan University Eastern Michigan University, mainly at Ypsilanti, Mich.; coeducational; founded 1849 as a normal school, became Eastern Michigan College in 1956, gained university status in 1959. , Ypsilanti, MI |
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