By offering students the ability to create their own listening guides for any piece of Music they choose, InterMuse allows professors to design project based appreciation assignments for the first time. InterMuse is a software package that adds a new dimension to Music appreciation clas*ses. In this compelling novel, two young people explore what sorts of freedom they can find, even as slaves. When an opportunity presents itself, Charlotte must decide whether she should stay with Stephen or risk everything for her own chance at freedom. Stephen, on the other hand, feels that he belongs with the cave and that he is free enough when he is Underground.
As she helps them, she wonders if she should run away. Then Charlotte makes a discovery of her own: runaway slaves sometimes come to the hotel seeking refuge. Still, she’s curious when Stephen Bishop, another slave who is the cave s expert guide and chief explorer, makes some big discoveries Underground, and she s interested in Stephen himself, with his quick mind and kind ways. As a slave, she is already trapped, and she doesn t see the point in risking being trapped Underground as well. But sixteen year old Charlotte, the maid at Mammoth Cave Hotel, doesn t understand its appeal. In 1839, visitors from miles around come to Kentucky to tour Mammoth Cave. But with the help of Ivy and some of her friends, Theo is finally able to change his family’s dynamics and find time to plan his future. Palma, frightened and self absorbed, cannot bring herself to nurse her husband, leaving Theo with the full burden to bear. Theo’s father, Thomas, is the only one who has never burdened him, but that changes when Thomas has a stroke. It’s become especially frustrating lately because Theo has met a fascinating new girl at school, Ivy, with whom he wants to spend as much time as possible.
And Jeremy relies on Theo for company and homework help. She is a successful sculptor who, being deeply suspicious of ‘hearies,’ expects Theo to act as her business manager. Unfortunately, it’s not a welcome duty, especially in the case of his mother, Palma. His parents and brother, Jeremy, are deaf, but Theo can hear, which has over the years cast him in the role of interpreter for his family. A poignant novel partially set in a world of silenceHigh school senior Theo is fluent in two languages: spoken English and sign.
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