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The Secret Wish of Nannerl Mozart
by Barbara Kathleen Nickel

Mr. Christie Book Award Nominee
Shortlisted for the Red Cedar Book Awards
Recommended by the CBC's Morningside
Children's Book Panel
Shortlisted, Geoffrey Bilson Prize for Historical Fiction
for Young People
"...an outstanding story of sibling rivalry and
the power of music"
Kidsbooks

Nannerl Mozart's twelfth birthday wish is to become a famous composer. She's already considered a brilliant musician, touring Europe with her little brother Wolfgang and playing the clavier for queens and kings in the great courts. But Papa doesn't take her seriously as a composer and won't even teach her to play the violin or the organ. Mama usually has a list of household chores for her, and Wolfi always manages to steal everybody's attention.

In this wonderful blend of fact and fiction, Barbara Nickel brings the eighteenth century world of a talented young girl to life.

About the Author   Barbara Kathleen Nickel is a much-published poet who also writes for young adults. She has studied music and English literature in the United States and now teaches violin. Originally from Saskatchewan, she currently lives in British Columbia.

The Secret Wish of Nannerl Mozart

The Secret Wish of
Nannerl Mozart

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Categories
  · Young Adult Fiction
  · Historical Fiction

208 pages
$10.95 Cdn
$10.95 US
5¼" x 7¼" paper
ISBN-10: 1-894549-08-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-894549-08-0

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