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The Stranger Within Sarah Stein

Thane Rosenbaum (2012)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads4.04
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Content levels

ViolenceNone
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

DivorceAbandonmentEmotional Abuse

Positive tags

Coming of AgeFound FamilyHealing ArcSelf-DiscoveryMentor Figure

Heroine archetypes

Coming-of-Age Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age ProtagonistOutcast / Loner

Tropes

Coming of AgeMentor FigureFound FamilyHidden IdentityFish out of WaterQuest

Themes

IdentityFamilySelf-DiscoveryBelongingSecretsIntergenerational Trauma

Synopsis

When her parents separate, twelve-year-old Sarah Stein feels split into her mother's daughter and daddy's girl, but a disgraced firefighter who lives in a hidden room in the Brooklyn Bridge, and her grandmother's story of her own childhood, help Sarah find her true self.

Tags

Contemporary FantasyUrban FantasyFamily DramaMagical Realism