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Missing the Piano

Adam Rapp

1994198 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1994
first published
  • 1994Penguin Publishing Group · ENGISBN 9780670953400
  • 1994Viking · 198 pages · ENGISBN 9780670853403
  • 1996Penguin Publishing Group · ENGISBN 9780140368338
  • 2002Tandem Library · ENGISBN 9780613846066
  • 2002HarperTeen · 208 pages · ENGISBN 9780064473699
  • 2002Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media · ENGISBN 9780606244640
NostalgicWhimsicalUniversityShort read

When Mike's mother and sister go on tour with "Les Miserables," Mike's father and his new wife enroll Mike in St. Matthew's Military Academy where, facing brutality and ignorance, he learns to survive.

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MoodPlayfulBittersweet
AtmosphereBleak

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Character focusSingle lead
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