BOOK: Yolonda's genius - by Fenner

[Frederick Muller <fmuller@SATURN.PLANET.NET>]

Yolonda's genius, 1996
by Carol Fenner
     This is the warm story of a girl's love for her younger brother.
 Although he has a learning disability, she is convinced that he is a
musical genius because of how he plays his harmonica.  They end up at
a blues festival in Chicago and Yolonda figures out a way to get both
of them back stage and they meet BB King.  It is a wonderful story -
although the ending wraps up a little too neatly.  The family happens
to be middle class African-American but the true story is the
relationship between the brother and sister.  The book cover says it
is an Newbery Honor book.  I picked up this 211 page book at our book
fair.
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Frederick Muller
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