Crooked Kind of Perfect

Ten-year-old Zoe Elias has perfect piano dreams. She can practically feel the keys under her flying fingers; she can hear the audiences applause. All she needs is a baby grand so she can start her lessons, and then shell be well on her way to Carnegie Hall.But when Dad ventures to the music store and ends up with a wheezy organ instead of a piano, Zoes dreams hit a sour note. Learning the organ versions of old TV theme songs just isnt the same as mastering Beethoven on the piano. And the organ isnt the only part of Zoes life in Michigan thats off-kilter, what with Mom constantly at work, Dad afraid to leave the house, and that odd boy, Wheeler Diggs, following her home from school every day.Yet when Zoe enters the annual Perform-O-Rama organ competition, she finds that life is full of surprisesand that perfection may be even better when its just a little off center.This ebook includes a sample chapter of Hound Dog True.