Tunes for a Small Harmonica
| Author | Barbera Wersba |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | novel |
| Publisher | Harper and Row |
Publication date | October 1977 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 173 |
| ISBN | 0-06-026373-3 |
| OCLC | 2224740 |
| LC Class | PZ7.W473 Tu |
Tunes for a Small Harmonica is a novel by Barbera Wersba about an adolescent tomboy named J.F. McAllister. It was originally published by Dell Publishing but was then reprinted by Harper and Row publishing.
Plot
J.F. receives a harmonica from friend for her birthday and ends up learning to play it. She becomes quite good and this skill becomes useful after she ends up falling in love with her poetry teacher and then decides to try to raise $1000 to help her teacher to be able to return to England to finish his Master's thesis.