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Big Tune: Rise of the Dancehall Prince

by Alliah L. Agostini

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Shane, a boy with big dancing dreams, learns the meaning of courage and community.

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This book is appropriate for primary readers.
This book is about a young boy who gives the money he has been saving up to pay for a new speaker for the dancehall.
This book could be useful in teaching about poetry.

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Immigrant story.
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