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Fingers

William Sleator

1983197 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1983
first published
  • 1983Atheneum · 197 pages · ENGISBN 9780689310003
  • 1985Bantam · 197 pages · ENGISBN 9780553250046
  • 2006Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom · ENGISBN 9781466827295
  • 2008197 pagesISBN 9781439531181
  • 2006Tor Teen · 208 pages · ENGISBN 9780765353498
  • 1991Bantam Books · ENGISBN 9785553378028

Eighteen-year-old Sam falls in with his mother's bizarre scheme to revitalize his younger brother's flagging career as a piano prodigy, and agrees to compose "new works" by a long dead composer and present them to his brother as the dictations of a ghost.

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AtmosphereWhimsical

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Character focusSmall ensemble

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ThemesFamily
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