01815cam a2200289 i 4500 586464644 TxAuBib 20220720120000.0 210505s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021020586 9780593315415 hardcover 28.00 0593315413 hardcover 28.00 TxAuBib rda Slocumb, Brendan,. The violin conspiracy / Brendan Slocumb. New York : Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2022. 342 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "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. 20220720. Violinists Fiction. Stradivarius violin Fiction. Novels. Slocumb, Brendan., New York : Anchor Books, 2022.