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A riveting page-turner about a Black classical musicians desperate quest to recover his lost violin on the eve of the most prestigious musical competition in the world Utterly original and downright gripping. --Zakiya Dalila Harris, New York Times bestselling author of The Other Black Girl Growing up Black in rural North Carolina, Ray McMillians life is already mapped out. If hes lucky, hell get a job at the hospital cafeteria. If hes extra lucky, hell earn more than minimum wage. But Ray has a gift and a dream--hes determined to become a world-class professional violinist, and nothing will stand in his way. Not his mother, who wants him to stop making such a racket; not the fact that he cant afford a violin suitable to his talents; not even the racism inherent in the world of classical music. When he discovers that his great-great-grandfathers beat-up old fiddle is actually a priceless Stradivarius, all his dreams suddenly seem within reach. Together, Ray and his violin take the world by storm. But on the eve of the renowned and cutthroat Tchaikovsky Competition--the Olympics of classical music--the violin is stolen, a ransom note for five million dollars in its place. Ray will have to piece together the clues to recover his treasured Strad--before its too late. With the descendants of the man who once enslaved Rays great-great-grandfather asserting that the instrument is rightfully theirs, and with his family staking their own claim, Ray doesnt know who he can trust--or whether he will ever see his beloved violin again. A riveting page-turner about a Black classical musicians desperate quest to recover his lost violin on the eve of the most prestigious musical competition in the world Utterly original and downright gripping. --Zakiya Dalila Harris, New York Times bestselling author of The Other Black Girl Growing up Black in rural North Carolina, Ray McMillians life is already mapped out. If hes lucky, hell get a job at the hospital cafeteria. If hes extra lucky, hell earn more than minimum wage. But Ray has a gift and a dream--hes determined to become a world-class professional violinist, and nothing will stand in his way. Not his mother, who wants him to stop making such a racket; not the fact that he cant afford a violin suitable to his talents; not even the racism inherent in the world of classical music. When he discovers that his great-great-grandfathers beat-up old fiddle is actually a priceless Stradivarius, al
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