The Jazz Kid

By James Lincoln Collier

Book Overview

Paulie Horvath is never going to be a good student like his brother, John, never going to follow his hardworking father into the plumbing trade, never going to ease his mother's mind by passing tests... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140377786
• ISBN13: 9780140377781
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.3" x 7.1"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

The Jazz Kid

This is a great book for kids and adults alike. I recently reread this book, and having just finished it and refreshed my memory I am reminded of the great writing, plot, and charcters in this book. The story tells of a time when gangsters ruled Chicago and owned nightclubs and practically conrtolled the musicians who work for them. Paulie Horvath gets mixed up in the wild new style of music, Jazz. I recommend this book to anyone.Two thumbs up!!!

1920s Chicago jazz atmosphere

This YA novel is a well-written and engrossing look into the Chicago jazz scene of the late 1920s. 12-year-old Paulie (who today would probably be diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder) finds his calling in learning to play jazz cornet. But his father wants him to enter the plumbing business, and even with his mother's support, Paulie can't keep his grades up enough to get permission to pursue his music. Paulie eventually has to choose -- lose his music, or lose his family? Published in 1996, this YA novel is now, sadly, out of print.