Some of the Characters
Also on the cover is a cross representing Samantha's faith, and a star of David (Magen David) representing Annie's faith.
Issues of religious intolerance, misunderstanding, and harrassment are cause of much of the conflict in the story.
« The front cover of the novel And the Violin Cried features pictures of the characters Samantha (left), Demetri (right), and Annie (bottom).
Larger copies of these pictures also appear inside the book.
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Samantha is a quiet, shy Christian girl who loves to read books and write, as in her journal, pictured here. She's not one to seek out adventure, but adventure finds her anyway.
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Annie Rosenberg loves her heirloom violin and is determined to be a musical genius, just as she is convinced that older brother David is already a genius in every subject. She loves Hungarian Dances by Brahms.
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Demetri Paulakis wants to fit in with somebody, and he fits in with Cody Connelly and the Black Knights, or so he thinks. So what if Cody has some strange ideas... about Jewish people, for instance.
« Annie's Schweitzer violin has seen the world: Hungary, Sweden, America, and generations of Rabinowitz and now Rosenberg families. By a miracle, it survived the Holocaust in Hungary. It is going to see its greatest miracle yet.