Content levels
Trigger warnings
Heroine archetypes
Protagonist archetypes
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.
Is The Stranger Within Sarah Stein appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 10 and up.
A heartfelt middle grade story about a girl navigating her parents' separation with help from an unlikely mentor and her grandmother's stories. Deals sensitively with family dissolution and emotional identity struggles appropriate for the age group.
What to know going in
This book has no graphic violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include emotional abuse, divorce, and abandonment.
Who'll love this
Twelve-year-old Sarah discovers a secret friend living in the Brooklyn Bridge and learns family secrets that help her understand who she really is.