The Jazz Man

By Mary Hays Weik

Subjects: People with disabilities, Musicians, fiction, African Americans, African americans, fiction, Loneliness, Families, Children's stories, Jazz, fiction, Music, Jazz, Children with disabilities, Fiction, Musicians, Children's fiction, Newbery Honor, Juvenile fiction

Description: Nine-year-old Zeke, who lives in Harlem, listens to the wonderful music coming from the jazz musician's piano across the court and escapes for a while from the harsh realities that worry him.