Table of Contents

Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..ix
1. Moynik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2. In Love with a Piano . . . . . . . . . . 9
3. Crazed and Raging Fingers . . . . .21
4. Lenny the Showman . . . . . . . . . 33
5. Lenny at Harvard . . . . . . . . . . . .45
6. Genius Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..53
7. Crazy Artist Nuts . . . . . . . . . . . 57
8. November 14th . . . . . . . . . . . . ..63
9. Glimmering Possibility . . . . . . . ..73
10. Me? A Conductor? . . . . . . . . . .77
11. Work and Work and Work . . . . .85
12. What to Do Next? . . . . . . . . . . 103
13. On the Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
14. Suddenly Famous . . . . . . . . . . 125
Epilogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Biographies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Lenny’s Music (includes Discography and Bibliography) . . . . . . . . .151
Sources of Quotations . . . . . . . . . .157
Photo Credits and Permissions . . . .169
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

About the Author

Susan Goldman Rubin is the author of more than a dozen books for young readers, including Andy Warhol- Pop Art Painter (Abrams) and The Cat with the Yellow Star- Coming of Age in Terezin (Holiday House), both ALA Notable Books. Susan lives in Malibu, California.

Reviews

"...highly readable and inspiring..." - Booklist, starred review "An impeccably researched and told biography of Leonard Bernstein’s musical apprenticeship, from toddlerhood to his conducting debut with the New York Philharmonic at age 25."
--Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Rubin spins [Leonard Bernstein's] biography into a tale that reads as smoothly and compellingly as a novel."
--The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books * A Junior Library Guild Selection

* Bulletin Blue Ribbon

* Carter G. Woodson Book Award (Middle Grade)

* National Jewish Book Award finalist

* NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

* Sydney Taylor Book Award

* YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults finalist