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Four Seasons Jane Breskin Zalben Books

FOUR SEASONS refers not to Vivaldi but to the four seasons experienced by a young woman at Julliard as she journeys toward adulthood and toward finding her place in the world of serious music, although not necessarily where she thought she'd be. Wholly approachable by young adults, it's also a fine read for adults (not to mention an ideal gift for the would-be-musician).


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Four Seasons Jane Breskin Zalben Books Reviews

I liked the concept of the book but not the price, so I wanted to borrow it from the library. I looked over the concept again there and it seemed too sad. Sad and serious. I like books like that only when im in the mood. I debated borrowing it every time i went to the library for about a year. For some reason, it was always there. Nobody ever took it out. I finally just borrowed it last week. It was soo unbelievibly sad, serious and flat out amazing.

Ally (short for Allegra; get it, like allegro?) has been playing piano since she was four years old. Music is in her blood. Her is a vocalist and her father is a professional violinist. She cant even remember life without practicing for four hours a day, constantly being critisized by her teacher, and competing with some of the people she call friends. Yet, somehow, this spring, shes starting to doubt all of these things are right for her. But she barely has time to think about it; Ally studies at the julliard school, where every concert, even the 'fun ones' can make or break your career. She dosent have time to sit around thinking about quitting.
In the summer she follows her teacher to a kind of sleepaway camp for musical prodigies. It has never bothered her before, not even the summer before when she first got thoughts about quitting. But the six weeks seems a lot longer when one of her best friends kisses her the weekend before ( talk about bad timing) and her roomate and so called friend starts dating her older crush, Alex. She cant bring herself to practice with her broken heart so she bails herself out of the end of the summer concert and lies to her parents about it.
In the fall she stops practicing at all and fakes sick. Finally the pressure has cracked her.
In the winter she finally figures out what music really means to her.
Emotional, heart wrenching, and inspiring, i would recommed this book to anyone and everyone.
Ally is a master at playing the piano. She has been taking lessons since she was four. She is now thirteen. She takes lessons from one of the most talented teachers in New York City at the pre-college program at Juilliard.

You have to audition to get into the program, and to stay in the program you have to live and breathe music. She needs to practice at least six hours a day, and she goes to lessons during the week and all day on Saturdays. Her teacher wants her to quit her public school and be home-schooled so she will have even more time to practice.

Ally isn't buying this anymore. She realizes that she is missing out on being a kid. She wants to spend a Saturday hanging out with her best friend and her almost-boyfriend. But her parents are into music, too. Her dad makes his living playing the violin and her mother sings. They don't want her to give up her dream.

Ally is confused and doesn't know what she wants to do. She has a love of music but she also has a love of mathematics. The story in FOUR SEASONS is not lighthearted. This tale tells about how stressed kids can be who are over-programmed in life, and how that stress can cause many problems for them. I really enjoyed this book and hope that many others will, too.

Reviewed by Marta Morrison
FOUR SEASONS refers not to Vivaldi but to the four seasons experienced by a young woman at Julliard as she journeys toward adulthood and toward finding her place in the world of serious music, although not necessarily where she thought she'd be. Wholly approachable by young adults, it's also a fine read for adults (not to mention an ideal gift for the would-be-musician).