Name: The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt
ISBN: 9780062285737

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Where Truth Hums

A thoughtful story about wishing, listening, and finding your way toward music and yourself.

Come here for

A young cellist’s longing to play Mozart with feeling
A gentle interplay of family wishes and questions about fact and fiction

Expect

A reflective, intimate reading experience
Music woven into a story of self-understanding

Book Details

Authors: Patricia MacLachlan
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: June 25, 2013
Format: Ebook
Theme: Music Stories · Stepfamily Stories
Reading lane: Music Stories

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Adoption Stories
New Baby Stories
Stepfamily Stories
Music Stories

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Theater Stories
Growing Up
Friendship
Runaway Stories

About This Book

Minna wishes for many things. She wishes she understood the quote taped above her mother's typewriter: Fact and fiction are different truths . She wishes her mother would stop writing long enough to really listen to her. She wishes her house were peaceful and orderly like her friend Lucas's. Most of all, she wishes she could find a vibrato on her cello and play Mozart the way he deserves to be played. Minna soon discovers that some things can't be found-they just have to hap...

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Minna wishes for many things. She wishes she understood the quote taped above her mother's typewriter: Fact and fiction are different truths . She wishes her mother would stop writing long enough to really listen to her. She wishes her house were peaceful and orderly like her friend Lucas's. Most of all, she wishes she could find a vibrato on her cello and play Mozart the way he deserves to be played. Minna soon discovers that some things can't be found-they just have to happen . And as she waits for her vibrato to happen, Minna begins to understand some facts and fictions about herself.