Born into a travelling gypsy family, young Django Reinhardt taught himself guitar at an early age. He was soon acclaimed as the "Gypsy Genius" and "Prodigy Boy," but one day his world changed completely when a fire claimed the use of his fretting hand. Folks said Django would never play again, but with passion and perseverance he was soon setting the world's concert stages ablaze.

This book is part of the list of classroom books recommended by Dr. David Koppenhaver and Dr. Karen Erickson as part of the Emergent and Conventional Literacy trainings.