Violin of Hope

Papa plays beautiful music on the violin, until the night when there is a pounding on the door and a Nazi soldier snatches the violin away. Dumped in a cellar for years, the violin warps and cracks until one day a luthier finds it and determines to fix it. A man buys the violin for his son, remembering that his grandfather played the violin before the war. The boy eventually becoming a violinist, filling concerts halls with the music of hope. Based on the true story of luthiers who repair Holocaust-era violins.Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year 2025