Ballad & Dagger - Book 1 - Daniel Jos Older by Unknown, Daniel Jos Older
Almost sixteen years ago, Mateo Matisses island homeland disappeared into the sea. Weary and hopeless, the survivors of San Madrigals sinking escaped to New York., While the rest of his tight-knit Brooklyn diaspora community dreams of someday finding a way back home, Mateonow a high school junior and piano prodigy living with his two aunts (one whos alive, the other not so much)is focused on one thing: getting the attention of locally-grown musical legend Gerval. Mateo finally gets his chance on the night of the Grand Fete, an annual party celebrating the blended culture of pirates, Cuban Santeros, and Sephardic Jews that created San Madrigal all those centuries ago.
Mystery
Ballad & Dagger - Book 1 - Daniel Jos Older
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Category: Mystery
Tags: Mystery, Teen & Young Adult, Fantasy
Almost sixteen years ago, Mateo Matisses island homeland disappeared into the sea. Weary and hopeless, the survivors of San Madrigals sinking escaped to New York., While the rest of his tight-knit Brooklyn diaspora community dreams of someday finding a way back home, Mateonow a high school junior and piano prodigy living with his two aunts (one whos alive, the other not so much)is focused on one thing: getting the attention of locally-grown musical legend Gerval. Mateo finally gets his chance on the night of the Grand Fete, an annual party celebrating the blended culture of pirates, Cuban Santeros, and Sephardic Jews that created San Madrigal all those centuries ago.
