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Tumpie, a young black girl who will later become famous as the dancer Josephine Baker, longs to find the opportunity to dance amid the poverty and vivacious street life of St. Louis in the early 1900s.
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4 editions- Paperback · English · 1993Little, Brown Young Readers · 32 pages · 9780316775045
- Other · English · 1999Tandem Library · 9780785711506
- Other · English · 1993Perfection Learning Prebound · 9780780723979
- Other · English · 1989Joy Street Books · 32 pages · 9780316774970
DanceJuvenile fictionFictionAfrican AmericansChildren's fictionDance, fictionAfrican americans, fictionSaint louis (mo.), fiction