A dashed dream leads to a rash decision in the fifth installment of Cynthia Voigts Tillerman cycle.Mina Smiths lives to dance, so her scholarship to ballet camp seems like a dream come true. She doesnt even mind being the only black girl in the troupethat is, until she is told shell never be a classical dancer. Its then that Mina begins to face some difficult truths about race and identity and transfers her passion for dance to Tamer Shipp, the summer minister for her church. The problem is, hes a grown man with a family, but she cant stop wishing for more to their friendship than simply pastor and parishioner. Cynthia Voigts incomparable mastery of character and community shines forth in this stirring novel from her acclaimed Tillerman cycle.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Lions Teen Tracks, The Tillerman Cycle, Tillerman Series .

This book is aimed at children at US 7th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 12-18 years.

There are 256 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2013 by Simon & Schuster .

Cynthia Voigt, winner of the Newbery Medal, was born in Boston in 1942. For a number of years she taught English and Classics. She is married with one daughter and one son.