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Book, 2015
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Book, 2015
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Long before Oscar Peterson became a virtuoso jazz pianist, he was a boy who loved to play the trumpet. When a bout of childhoodtuberculosis weakened his lungs, Oscar could no longer play his beloved instrument. Set in Oscar's true childhood neighbourhood,this book provides a wonderful sense of the 1930s neighbourhood where most of Montreal's Black working class population lived.Both the author and illustrator live in Montreal, Quebec.
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