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Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay Sports_Gift_Guide The man who has beenFrom award winning author Susan Hood and illustrator Sally Wern Comport comes the extraordinary true tale of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, an orchestra made up of children playing instruments built from recycled trash. Ada Ros grew up in Cateura, a small town in Paraguay built on a landfill. She dreamed of playing the violin, but with little money for anything but the bare essentials, it was never an option until a music teacher named Favio