Interest Level
Grades 3 - 5
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 5.2
Lexile Measure®: 850L
DRA: 44
Guided Reading: T
Genre
- Westerns
Theme/Subject
- Culture and Diversity
- Geography and Map Skills
- Music
Reading Quiz Programs
About This Book
A weathered stranger delivers an old wicker chest to the Carbuncles' doorstep. In it they find two sleeping baby boys and an enchanting silver-stringed instrument. For the sake of appearing charitable, the Carbuncles take the boys in, but William and Jules are consigned to the chilly attic, and the dulcimer is locked away -- until William is old enough to play it.In an unforgettable journey, William discovers a natural musical talent and the key to unlocking his and Jules's mysterious past.
About the Authors or Illustrators
Tor Seidler's novels include Mean Margaret, a finalist for the National Book Award, The Wainscott Weasel, an ALA Notable Children's Book, and A Rat's Tale, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year. Most recently, he has written Gully's Travels, illustrated by Brock Cole.
Brian Selznick is the illustrator of the Caldecott Honor winner, The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins, and the New York Times-Best Illustrated Walt Whitman: Words for America, both by Barbara Kerley, as well as the Sibert Honor winner When Marian Sang, by Pam Muñoz Ryan. In 2008 he won the Caldecott Medal for the groundbreaking title, The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
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