Oscar Lives Next Door Song plus a handful of orphans

plus a handful of orphans from overseas who are just happy to have beds—even if they are located in the roofless part of the building

Why that house

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this is the kind of fact-based fiction reluctant middle grade readers sit up and beg for

well-rounded characters who learn sweet—but never cloying—lessons about resourcefulness

Oscar Lives Next Door Song plus a handful of orphansLong before Oscar Peterson became a virtuoso jazz pianist, he was a boy who loved to play the trumpet. When childhood tuberculosis weakened his lungs, Oscar could no longer play his beloved instrument. He took up piano and the rest is history: Oscar went on to become an international jazz piano sensation. Oscar Lives Next Door is a fictional story inspired by these facts. The book imagines a next door neighbor for Oscar named Millie, who gets into