1. The Rising Star of Rusty Nail By Lesley Blume Presentation by Natalie Rolf (270 pages)

2. Main Characters- Franny (main character, piano player). Sandy (Franny’s best friend, trouble maker). Madame Malenkov (Russian, Franny’s Piano Teacher, Charley’s wife). Nancy (Franny’s neighbor and enemy, teacher’s pet, piano player). Charley (Franny’s neighbor). Runty (class clown).

3. Setting Rusty Nail, Minnesota, 1953 (School, Madame Malenkov's house, and Franny’s house, even on the roof).

4. Franny Hansen is a very good piano player. She practices A LOT, but she also spends some of her free time with her best friend, Sandy. It is rumored that Charley, the neighbor, comes back from Russia (to Rusty Nail) with a new wife – Madame Malenkov. Franny convinces Madame Malenkov to give her piano lessons. Now, it’s the big piano competition between Nancy and Franny! Plot

5. Who will win? Who will lose? What will happen to Franny if she loses? Answer: read the book to find out!!!

6. The end