The True Adventure of Nicolo Zen

http://hip1.sjvls.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=W38X7229972E7.5961&menu=search&aspect=subtab255&npp=20&ipp=20&spp=100&profile=thq&ri=2&source=~!horizon&index=.TW&term=The+True+Adventures+of+Nicolo+Zen&x=0&y=0&aspect=subtab255The True Adventure of Nicolo Zen by Nicholas Christopher

Orphan Nicolo Zen is all alone in 18th-century Venice, except for his clarinet, upon which an enchantment has been placed by a mysterious magician to enable its first player to perform expertly, and soon Nicolo is a famous virtuoso, wealthy beyond his dreams, but he can't stop wondering if he's earned his success nor can he stop thinking about the girl he met in Venice.

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