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Duder, Tessa
JELLYBEAN
New York : Oxford University Press, 1985.
IL 5-8
Geraldine dreams of becoming an orchestra conductor someday. She has never told anyone about this dream because she's afraid of being laughed at. Geraldine's mother is a gifted cellists who plays in an orchestra and Geraldine loves to go to the rehearsals to watch the conductor. While watching her mother perform, Geraldine meets a stranger whom she confides in. When he betrays her trust and tells everyone about Geraldine's dream of becoming a conductor, Geraldine is so embarrassed that she runs out of the building. Find out what happens to Geraldine.
SUBJECTS: Single-parent families -- Fiction.
                    Mothers -- Employment -- Fiction.
                   Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
                   Orchestra -- Fiction.

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