The Fiddle Maker Author:Cindy Bell Eddie is a friendless, gothic teenager who must endure the company of an elderly man for at least one day. His English assignment is to write a story about the old man's childhood and how he had come to be a fiddle maker. To Eddie's way of thinking, nothing could be more boring, and he resents this assignment. Everyone knows that old people eat ... more »beans and cornbread, have lots of children, and spend most of their time at the doctor's office. What else is there to know about them?« less