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The Dulcimer Boy

156 pp. | HarperCollins/Geringer | June, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-06-623609-6 $$15.99 | Library ISBN 0-06-623610-X $$16.89
1979, Viking
(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Brian Selznick. An orphaned boy with a gift for playing the dulcimer runs away from his cruel guardians. William finds a job performing at a tavern but longs to return home for his mute twin brother, Jules. Set in New England in a vaguely historic time period, the book--which has qualities of both a melodrama and a folktale--is written in exquisite prose and newly illustrated with appropriately old-fashioned illustrations.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

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