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      Come a Stranger

      by Cynthia Voigt
      Published
      Sep 1986
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
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      256
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      Series
      The Tillerman Cycle Book 5

      About This Book

      Mina Smiths lives to dance, so a scholarship to ballet camp seems the answer to her dreams. She doesn't mind being the only black girl in the camp—that is, until she learns she'll never be a classical dancer. It's then that Mina begins to face her feelings about being black, and as she does, she transfers her passion for dance to Tamer Shipp, the summer minister for her church. Mina knows that she's a child and Tamer is a grown-up man with a family, but she still sees in their friendship a path to a new self-awareness, and a successful future that doesn't forsake the values of her childhood. Cynthia Voigt's incomparable mastery of character and community shines forth in this stirring novel from her acclaimed Tillerman series.

      Series Placement

      Book 5
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      General Fiction

      Age Level

      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Middle Grade Young Adult / Teens

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      Nov 1995 Simon Pulse ISBN13 9780689804441 ISBN10 068980444X
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      Jan 1987 HarperCollins (UK) ISBN13 9780001841277 ISBN10 0001841270
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      Sep 1987 Fawcett ISBN13 9780449702468 ISBN10 0449702464
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      Jan 1988 HarperCollins (UK) ISBN13 9780006729280 ISBN10 0006729282
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      Nov 2000 HarperCollins (UK) ISBN13 9780007100170 ISBN10 0007100175
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      Jul 2012 Atheneum ISBN13 9781442428829 ISBN10 1442428821
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      First Edition Sep 1986 Atheneum ISBN13 9780689312892 ISBN10 068931289X
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      Simon & Schuster ISBN13 9780812456028 ISBN10 0812456025
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      Jan 1987 HarperCollins (UK) ISBN13 9780001841260 ISBN10 0001841262
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      Nov 1995 Turtleback Books ISBN13 9780833508058 ISBN10 0833508059
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      Nov 1995 Turtleback Books ISBN13 9780606073844 ISBN10 0606073841
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      Jul 2012 Atheneum ISBN13 9781442450639 ISBN10 1442450630
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      Feb 2013 Atheneum ISBN13 9781442489172 ISBN10 1442489170
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      Feb 2013 Atheneum ISBN10 B009UVLPN6
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