The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

This is the story of Frankie Presto--the greatest guitar player who ever lived--and the six lives he changed with his six magical blue strings. He makes records. He's adored. But Frankie Presto's gift is also his burden, as he realizes the power of the strings his teacher gave him, and how, through his music, he can actually affect people's lives. At the height of his popularity, tortured by his biggest mistake, he vanishes--and his legend only grows.

Author: Mitch Albom
Publisher: HarperLuxe
Published: 06/30/2022
Pages: 544
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780062416865
Large Print

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.8
Point Value: 13
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 188568 / Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

About the Author
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Mitch Albom is the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction, which have collectively sold more than forty million copies in forty-seven languages worldwide. He has written seven number-one New York Times bestsellers - including Tuesdays with Morrie, the bestselling memoir of all time, which topped the list for four straight years - award-winning TV films, stage plays, screenplays, a nationally syndicated newspaper column, and a musical. Through his work at the Detroit Free Press, he was inducted into both the National Sports Media Association and Michigan Sports halls of fame and is the recipient of the 2010 Red Smith Award for lifetime achievement. After bestselling memoir Finding Chika and "Human Touch," the weekly serial written and published online in real-time to raise funds for pandemic relief, his latest work is a return to fiction with The Stranger in the Lifeboat (Harper, November 2021). He founded and oversees SAY Detroit, a consortium of nine different charitable operations in his hometown, including a nonprofit dessert shop and food product line to fund programs for Detroit's most underserved citizens. He also operates an orphanage in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, which he visits monthly. He lives with his wife, Janine, in Michigan. Learn more at www.mitchalbom.com, www.saydetroit.org, and www.havefaithaiti.org.

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