Trumpet of the Swan
Edition: 1st Harper Trophy edition
Publisher: HarperTrophy; Harper & Row
Published: 1973
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Library Binding
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780064400480
Copyright date: 1970
First sentence: Walking back to camp through the swamp, Sam wondered whether to tell his father what he had seen.
Description: Louis is a trumpeter swan. He is born one summer on a little pond in Canada, along with four brothers and sisters. But Louis has a terrible problem. Unlike the rest of his joyfully noisy family, Louis can't make a single sound. And without a trumpet sound, his true love -- the beautiful swan Serena -- just ignores him. Louis's father promises to help. So does Sam Beaver, a boy who loves all wild animals. First Louis goes to school with Sam and learns to read and write. But swans can't read, so Louis still can't make himself understood. That's when Louis's father puts his honor aside and steals a brass trumpet to give his son a voice. Louis's determination to pay off his father's debt and to woo his own true love takes him far from the wilderness he loves. But his faith and his joy in life are always with him.
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