Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion cover

Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion

Author: Stocker, Shannon

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level 3.7
Points 0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 1306
Points per Word 0.000383
Page Count 40
Points per Page 0.0125

Description

When Evelyn Glennie heard her first note, music held her heart. She played piano by ear at age eight, and the clarinet by age ten. When the nerves in her ears began to deteriorate, she was told she could never be a musician. Text has theme of ableism.