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When Allegra was a little girl, she thought she would pick up her violin and it would sing for herthat the music was hidden inside her instrument.

Now that Allegra is twelve, she believes the music is in her fingers, and the summer after seventh grade she has to teach them well. She's the youngest contestant in the Ernest Bloch Young Musicians' Competition.

She knows she will learn the notes to the concerto, but what she doesn't realize is she'll also learnhow to close the gap between herself and Mozart to find the real music inside her heart. includes an interview with author Virginia Euwer Wolff.