Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear
Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear
By Lensey Namioka
Grades 3-5 Title
Newly arrived in Seattle from China, nine-year-old Yangtao is tone deaf. His parents, both professional musicians, assume his problem is lack of practice and chide him for playing baseball. Yangtao and a musically gifted friend team up to solve the problem.