"This is a story of stolen violins. It's got mummies, museums, sandwiches, hostages, and a dangerous showdown with the Russian Red Army Choir. Open this book to find out more about my adventures. But beware--this mission is top secret and very dangerous!" -- cover.

Hana Hashimoto has signed up to play her violin at her school's talent show. The trouble is, she's only a beginner, and she's had only three lessons. Will her confidence waver on the night of the show?

Third grade starts off badly for eight-year-old Bean as she faces teasing from her two older sisters, learns that her former best friend wants nothing to do with her, and has to start taking music lessons.

A young journalist goes to Venice, Italy, to interview a famous violinist, who tells the story of his parents' incarceration by the Nazis, and explains why they can no longer listen to the music of Mozart.

"As she walks with her mother to a farmer's market, Penelope hears the melodies of the city from musicians, bicycle bells, and more until one instrument beckons and fills her with magic. Includes author's note about her first encounter with the violin." --

"Moira Alexander has always been fascinated by the deadly sirens who lurk along the shores of her island town. Their haunting songs can lure anyone to a swift and watery grave, but she gets as close to them as she can, playing her violin on the edge of the enchanted sea. When a young boy is found dead on the beach, the islanders assume that he is one of the sirens' victims. Certain that someone has framed the boy's death as a siren attack, Moira convinces...

An old man insists on playing his fiddle without stopping, as his house collapses around him and his neighbors complain.

When a strange object falls off a truck passing through the jungle, a bored orangutan discovers that he can make wonderful sounds with it and in time his family and the other jungle animals come to appreciate music as well.

Allegra spends her twelfth summer practicing a Mozart concerto for a violin competition and finding many significant connections in her world.

Third Sister and her siblings try to help Eldest Brother, the most talented musician in the Yang family, find work to pay for a new violin.