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"When Ava decides to learn to play the tuba, it isn't as easy as she thought it would be. But with the encouragement of her music teacher, Ava finds a place for her and her tuba in a special holiday celebration"-- Provided by the publisher.

Named a best book of the year by BookPage and California Review of Books

From National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Sam Quinones, the story of a demanding instrument, the determined people who play it, and the hope they offer a fractured nation.

"[A] delightfully offbeat book with unexpectedly profound overtones."-The Wall Street Journal

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