Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay (Hardcover)

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Author Susan Hood and illustrator Sally Wern Comport join forces in this immensely moving look at Paraguay's 'Recycled Orchestra,' a symphony made up of children from one of South America's poorest slums, playing instruments created from trash items taken from the dump around which their village ...

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This is the true story of how a village turned garbage into music. Ada Rio's family lives in Cateura, Paraguay. Her town is filled with trash and is actually built on a landfill. Many of the people in the village go through the garbage collecting items, like plastic, which they can trade in for m...

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This is the inspiring story of Ada Rios, a child who grew up in one of the poorest slums in Paraguay. Her small town of Carteura received 15 tons of garbage a day. Her grandmother and father spent fourteen hours a day picking through the garbage dump for anything they might recycle and sell. Many...

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Some books defy description that will do them justice, and this inspiring story of the triumph of the human spirit is one of them. It deserves a place in every library. Ada Rios grew up in abject poverty in a town where 1500 tons of trash were dumped every day and where recyclers scrounged anythi...

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This is the inspiring story of Ada Rios, a child who grew up in one of the poorest slums in Paraguay. Her small town of Carteura received 15 tons of garbage a day. Her grandmother and father spent fourteen hours a day picking through the garbage dump for anything they might recycle and sell. Many...