The Piano Lesson Children's Superhero Fiction The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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The Piano Lesson Children's Superhero Fiction The Wonderful Wizard of OzAt the heart of the play stands the ornately carved upright piano which, as the Charles family's prized, hard won possession, has been gathering dust in the parlor of Berniece Charles's Pittsburgh home. When Boy Willie, Berniece's exuberant brother, bursts into her life with his dream of buying the same Mississippi land that his family had worked as slaves, he plans to sell their antique piano for the hard cash he needs to stake his future. But