num_pages: 210
description: Although he lacks a voice in the traditional "Ko-hoh!" sense, trumpeter swan Louis learns to speak to the world with a trumpet stolen from a music store by his father. With the support of an unusual boy named Sam, who helps Louis learn how to read and write, the swan has some rather unswanlike adventures and ultimately wins the love--and the freedom--of a beautiful swan named Serena.
  --Emilie Coulter

language: English
title: The Trumpet of the Swan
titlecomplete: The Trumpet of the Swan
characters: Serena, Sam Beaver, Louis the swan
genres: Middle Grade, Young Adult, Childrens, Classics, School, Chapter Books, Animals, Fiction, Fantasy, Juvenile
ratings_count: 76381
places: Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts
awards: awardedAt: 94723200000
name: William Allen White Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 31564800000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Children's Books, awardedAt: 94723200000
name: Oklahoma Sequoyah Award
publisher: HarperColl