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Yang the Youngest and his Terrible Ear

Yang the Youngest and his Terrible Ear

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by Lensey Namioka

Book Details

Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 1993
Language: en
Pages: 144
ISBN: 9780440409175
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Moderate confidence: 80%

Looky Rating System Score adjusted for ages 8+

Moderate confidence (80%) — AI estimate from description and metadata.

Content Intensity

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💥ViolenceNone
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❤️Love & RomanceNone
2
🧠Mental HealthLow
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💬!*$#LanguageNone
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🍷🚬Substance UseNone
2
😨Fear / HorrorLow

Story Themes

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🧙Fantasy / SupernaturalNot present
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🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ+ RepresentationNot present
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🚀Sci-Fi / FuturisticNot present
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Disability & NeurodiversityNot present

Description

Everyone in the Yang family is a talented musician except for nine-year-old Yingtao, the youngest Yang. Even after years of violin lessons from his father, Yingtao cannot make beautiful music.<br><br>Now that his family has moved from China to Seattle, Yingtao wants to learn English and make new friends at school. Still, he must make time to practice his violin for an important family recital to help his father get more students. Yingtao is afraid his screeching violin will ruin the recital. But he's even more afraid to tell his family that he has found something he likes better than music.<br><br>Together he and his new friend Matthew think of a sure way to save the recital. They are certain nothing will go wrong.

Themes & Topics

Juvenile FictionPeople & PlacesUnited StatesAsian American & Pacific IslanderPerforming ArtsMusicSocial ThemesNew Experience

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