The Rising Star of Rusty Nail

By Lesley Blume Presentation by Natalie Rolf

(270 pages)

Main Characters-

• Franny (main character, piano player)• Sandy (Franny’s best friend, trouble maker)• Madame Malenkov (Russian, Franny’s Piano Teacher)• Nancy (Franny’s neighbor and enemy, teacher’s pet, bad piano

player)• Charley (Franny’s neighbor, Madame Malenkov’s lawyer)• Runty (class clown)

Setting• Rusty Nail, Minnesota, 1953

• (MORE SPECIFICALY) School, Madame Malenkov's house, and Franny’s

house (even on the roof).

Plot• 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!

Who will win? Who will lose?

What will happen to the losing character?

Answer: read the book to find out!!!

The end