The Trumpet of the Swan

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E.B. White: The Trumpet of the Swan (2001, HarperCollins)

Paperback, 272 pages

English language

Published Oct. 2, 2001 by HarperCollins.

ISBN:
978-0-06-441094-6
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OCLC Number:
48418943

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4 stars (26 reviews)

Louis, a romantic swan, is in love with the angelic Serena, but he can't tell her how he feels; he has no voice. When he meets eleven-year-old Sam Beaver, a human friend, he goes to school with him to learn how to read and write. Louis' father also helps out; he steals a brass trumpet for his son. In the end, Louis learns to play, wins Serena's heart, and repays the music shop owner for his stolen trumpet.

Here is a wonderful story of romance, friendship, and determination among animals and humans.

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one of the first books i ever read. i was hungry for angst even as a brat toesucking child. i can still remember each scene clearly... louie's father breaking into a music shop, louie cutting his webs so he could more adroitly play the trumpet, practicing the bugles at the camp, the watercress sandwich. i had watercress for the first time in hot pot a couple months ago. i like him.

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Subjects

  • Swans
  • Fiction
  • Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Children: Grades 4-6
  • Trumpeter swan
  • Animals - Birds
  • Classics
  • Juvenile Fiction / Classics
  • Animals - General