01779cam a2200277 4500 599085546 TxAuBib 20220309120000.0 210505s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021020586 9780593315415 hardcover 0593315413 hardcover TxAuBib Slocumb, Brendan, author. The violin conspiracy / Brendan Slocumb. New York : Anchor Books, 2022. 342 pages ; 25 cm. "Good Morning America book club"--Jacket. "Ray McMillian loves playing the violin more than anything, and nothing will stop him from pursuing his dream of becoming a professional musician. Not his mother, who thinks he should get a real job, not the fact that he can't afford a high-caliber violin, not the racism inherent in the classical music world. And when he makes the startling discovery that his great-grandfather's fiddle is actually a priceless Stradivarius, his star begins to rise. Then with the international Tchaikovsky Competition--the Olympics of classical music--fast approaching, his prized family heirloom is stolen. Ray is determined to get it back. But now his family and the descendants of the man who once enslaved Ray's great-grandfather are each claiming that the violin belongs to them. With the odds stacked against him and the pressure mounting, will Ray ever see his beloved violin again?"--Provided by publisher. 20220309. Violinists Fiction. Stradivarius violin Fiction. Inheritance and succession Fiction. Theft Fiction. Racism Fiction.