Second Fiddle, Rosanne Parry
Second Fiddle, Rosanne Parry
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Second Fiddle

Author: Rosanne Parry

Narrator: Bri Knickerbocker

Unabridged: 5 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/22/2011

Synopsis

From acclaimed author of A Wolf Called Wander and Heart of a Shepherd comes another sensitive portrayal of military families, this time stationed abroad, in the city of Berlin at that historic time just after the Wall came down.

When 13-year-old Jody and her friends save a badly beaten Russian soldier from drowning, they put into motion a chain of events that will take them from Berlin to Paris and straight into danger. Jody must quickly learn to trust herself, because in the time directly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the border between friend and enemy is not as clear as it once was.

Award-winning author of Heart of a Shepherd Rosanne Parry offers a fast-paced, coming-of-age story filled with adventure, music, friendship, and intrigue.

About The Author

Rosanne Parry moved to Germany in the spring of 1990 just as the Berlin Wall was coming down. She ran away to Paris for one glorious weekend with her soldier husband, first-born baby, and an enormous purple stroller. The three of them are best friends to this day. Rosanne is the author of Heart of a Shepherd, which has been honored as a Washington Post's Best Kids' Book of the Year, a Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book of the Year, and a Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the Year. She also plays the violin for which she has never been honored with a prize of any kind. She now lives in with her husband in an old farmhouse in Portland, Oregon, where they raise four children, three chickens, five kinds of fruit, and their voices in the occasional song. Visit Rosanne at RosanneParry.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by midnightfaerie on April 29, 2013

Second Fiddle by Rosanne Parry was an alluring read that had me enamored throughout. A young adult novel about three girlfriends who plan a trip to Paris for a musical competition, the story takes place in 1990 in Germany, when the wall has just come down. On their way home from a music lesson one d......more

Goodreads review by Margo on March 31, 2011

In her second novel for young people, Rosanne Parry takes us back to Berlin in 1990, at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of communism in Eastern Europe. The novel has a terrific opening line: "If we had known it would eventually involve the KGB, the French National Police, and the......more

Goodreads review by Mary on November 02, 2011

An American military base in 1990s Germany is home to three friends, Jody, Giselle and Vivian, who are also in a stringed trio. The friends will be separated soon because Jody's father will be moving the family to Texas, so a final musical competition in Paris is something the girls have been lookin......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on November 26, 2012

Reviewed by Sally Kruger aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com Jody, Giselle, and Vivian live on a military base in Germany. The three girls have one thing in common - music. They have been taking lessons from Herr Muller for years and are about to attend another competition. Their string trio has......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on May 03, 2011

Jody and her friends, Giselle and Vivian, can’t believe their music teacher has to cancel their trip to Paris for a musical competition. It was supposed to be the last chance they would have to play together before Jody and Giselle leave the U.S. Army base in Berlin and return to the U.S. Then they w......more

Awards

  • Kid's Indie Next List "Inspired Recommendations for Kids from Indie Booksellers"
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