Honors for Second Fiddle
Second Fiddle was chosen as an Indy Next pick by independent booksellers for the Spring of 2011.
It is a 2011 Parents’ Choice Recommended Award Winner.
I am very excited to be a part of the Stages on Pages team. We are a group of authors who have books about the performing arts. We will be going on several tours around the country to share the story of how the arts made a crucial difference in our lives and to support local arts organizations.
For more information or to book a tour stop in your town go to the Stages on Pages website.
My first appearances with the group will be in Seattle on November 3rd at Secret Garden and Fourth at Third Place Books. I’ll also be in New York at Books of Wonder on November 10th, Voracious Reader November 11th and Oblong Books November 13th.
A review for Second Fiddle from Publishers Weekly
Second Fiddle
Rosanne Parry, Random, $16.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-375-86196-3
Set in 1990, just after the Berlin Wall has fallen, Parry’s insightful coming-of-age novel follows the tumultuous journey of three eighth-grade friends who live on an army base in Berlin. Jody, a violinist and classical composer, is dreading leaving her two best friends when her father retires from the army, and she will again be forced to uproot her life to move to Texas. Along with commanding Giselle and brainy Vivian, Jody plans to enter a solo and ensemble contest in Paris as a string trio; their planned performance is thwarted when their teacher falls ill, but when they witness the attempted murder of Arvo, a Soviet soldier and translator, they rescue him and plot to secret him to Paris. The trip doesn’t go as planned, and the friends wind up on a wild goose chase with international ramifications. The action may take place in the ’90s, but this reads like first-class historical fiction; Parry (Heart of a Shepherd) vividly conjures the political tensions of the period, the challenges of life as an army brat, and the redemptive power of music. Ages 8–12. (Mar.)
