The rising star of Rusty Nail /

Blume, Lesley M. M.

The rising star of Rusty Nail / Lesley M.M. Blume. - First Yearling edition. - New York : Yearling, 2007. - 270 pages ; 20 cm.

In the small town of Rusty Nail, Minnesota, in the early 1950s, musically talented ten-year-old Franny wants to take advanced piano lessons from newcomer Olga Malenkov, a famous Russian musician suspected of being a communist spy by gossipy members of the community.

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Piano--Juvenile fiction.
Musicians--Juvenile fiction.
Russian Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Country life--Minnesota--Juvenile fiction.
Musicians--Fiction.
Russian Americans--Fiction.
Country life--Minnesota--Fiction.


Minnesota--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Minnesota--History--20th century--Fiction.

PZ 7.B62567 / .R494 2007