Tillerman Cycle #5

Come a Stranger

cynthia voigt

Although devastated when she is asked to leave an exclusive Connecticut ballet school, Mina Smiths finds solace in her friendship with Tamer Shipp, the summer minister, and learns about his own difficult adolescence, Harlem ministry, and family life.

Genres young adultfictionmiddle gradechildrensteenrealistic fictioncoming of agecontemporaryraceclassics

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1,1986

Series

Tillerman Cycle

Literary awards

vermont golden dome book award, judy lopez memorial award for childrens literature,

This edition

Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published: November 1, 1995 by Simon Pulse
ISBN: 9780689804441
ASIN: 068980444X
Language: English

About the author

cynthia voigt

Cynthia Voigt is an American author of books for young adults dealing with various topics such as adventure, mystery, racism and child abuse.

Awards:
Angus and Sadie: the Sequoyah Book Award (given by readers in Oklahoma), 2008
The Katahdin Award, for lifetime achievement, 2003
The Anne V. Zarrow Award, for lifetime achievement, 2003
The Margaret Edwards Award, for a body of work, 1995
Jackaroo: Rattenfanger-Literatur Preis (ratcatcher prize, awarded by the town of Hamlin in Germany), 1990
Izzy, Willy-Nilly: the Young Reader Award (California), 1990
The Runner: Deutscher Jungenliteraturpreis (German young people's literature prize), 1988
Zilverengriffel (Silver Pen, a Dutch prize), 1988
Come a Stranger: the Judy Lopez Medal (given by readers in California), 1987
A Solitary Blue: a Newbery Honor Book, 1984
The Callender Papers: The Edgar (given by the Mystery Writers of America), 1984
Dicey's Song: the Newbery Medal, 1983