Befiddled

About this book

Becky Cohen has a rough life. Shes an outsider everywhere she goes: shunned and mocked at school at her violin lessons and at home by her disapproving mother. Her only true friend is her brilliant little brother newspaper-loving Benjy. She dreams of becoming a great violinist but at the group lessons shes forced to take at the Y Becky panics and plays badly. Then Becky meets Mr. Freeman her buildings handyman. He has a lot to teach her about becoming a musician and being a friend. Gradually Becky begins speaking her mind more often and finds that people are actually listening. Then Mr. Freeman tells Becky about a local performing arts high schools scholarship contest. With the lessons learned from Mr. Freeman and Benjy can Becky overcome her fears and play whats in her heart?