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| Plot Summary of Mountain Solo |
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"In Jeanette Ingold's Mountain Solo, she artfully holds three plots together: Tess, the 16 year old violin prodigy who has returned to her father in Montana after a disastrous debut concert; Frederick, the homesteader who lives in Montana in the 1800's; and Tessie: the story of Tess as a young girl.
The story begins describing Tess's concert in Germany. Soon after, full of chagrin, she returns to her father and his remarried family in Montana. She becomes friends with her new stepsister, Amy, and gets along well with her stepmother. The family decides to go on a camping trip to the woods of Montana to attempt to discover more about Frederick, a homesteader in the area. While on the trip, Tess has lots of time to consider whether she should stay with her happy, violin-free life in Montana or to return to her mother and her music in New York.
Frederick's story is woven throughout Tess's. After the death of his parents, at 16 he is sent to live with his uncle in Montana, on a homestead. He had been given his father's violin, and decides to learn it in order to impress the neighbor that he has fallen in love with. Unfortunately, Maureen's father and brother do not approve of Frederick and this causes a life-changing accident for Frederick and Maureen.
Arguably the most poignant plot in the book is that of "Tessie," Tess as a young child. From the time she first started violin lessons at four years old, everyone knew she was something special. Because of this, she is whisked away to a new life in New York City with her mother. Fortunately, she adjusts to a new life and attends what I deduced to be the Children's Professional School and Julliard Pre-College. She leads an extremely happy life there until her fateful concert in Germany."
caroline t, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- present (2000-2010)
Life of a profession:
- musician
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- musician
Age:
- a teen
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 8 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Style
Person
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
- No single main character?
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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