Three ordinary children are brought together by extraordinary events in this brilliant debut novel that tells the remarkable story of these three children, an enchanted green violin, and an automaton come to life.
Giuseppe is an orphaned street musician from Italy, who was sold by his uncle to work as a slave for an evil padrone in the United States. But when a mysterious green violin enters his life he begins to imagine a life of freedom.
Giuseppe is an orphaned street musician from Italy, who was sold by his uncle to work as a slave for an evil padrone in the United States. But when a mysterious green violin enters his life he begins to imagine a life of freedom.
