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A review by ljrinaldi
Enly and the Buskin' Blues by Jennie Liu
4.0
Enly just wants to earn money, and he figures with all all the tourists, and the way the area has been gentrified, that there are lots of people that will pay him if he busked. But the piano keyboard of his late father musician needs electricity to run, and that won't work. He wants to save money for band camp, because he wants to do what his father did.
It is a cute story of learning how to be a busker, and what happens as one, and the ups and downs.
The secondary story, lying underneith the story of Enly, is the story of how a small town can be discovered and gentrified so much that the original people that made it home, that added to its charm, can no longer afford to live there. This is shown in the way the senior housing, where Enly gets his piano lessons, that his teacher can't afford to both color her hair, and eat well.
Good book to teach children, in a subtle way, that changes in a town can mean for the marginalized. But it is also a good story to show that you can work hard to get to what you want, with a little help from friends and family.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
It is a cute story of learning how to be a busker, and what happens as one, and the ups and downs.
The secondary story, lying underneith the story of Enly, is the story of how a small town can be discovered and gentrified so much that the original people that made it home, that added to its charm, can no longer afford to live there. This is shown in the way the senior housing, where Enly gets his piano lessons, that his teacher can't afford to both color her hair, and eat well.
Good book to teach children, in a subtle way, that changes in a town can mean for the marginalized. But it is also a good story to show that you can work hard to get to what you want, with a little help from friends and family.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.