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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>These are minor characters in [[Melody Ellison]]'s series.<br />
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==Anne==<br />
Clifford and Katie's daughter.<br />
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==Artie==<br />
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One of the members of the Three Ravens with [[Dwayne Ellison]].<br />
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==Officer Baer==<br />
A Detroit police officer. He questions Frank Porter regarding a theft at the Belle Isle Conservatory in ''[[The Lady's Slipper]]''.<br />
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==Aunt Beck==<br />
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The older sister of [[Frank Porter]]. She is the mother of Clifford and has a grandson named Jimmy. She has silver hair in a long braid she winds up and glasses. She is not the kind of adult who doesn't let children touch things.<br />
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==Mrs. Butler==<br />
Melody's teacher.<br />
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==Cindy==<br />
[[Valerie Porter]]'s neighbor. She meets Val and plays with her, Melody and the protagonist on Val's swing-set in ''[[Music in My Heart: My Journey with Melody]]''.<br />
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==Clifford==<br />
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Aunt Beck's son, a lawyer. He has several children, including a college aged daughter named Anne.<br />
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==Esther Collins==<br />
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A new member of New Hope Baptist Church. She meets the Ellisons in ''[[No Ordinary Sound]]'' and bonds with Melody over their love of flowers and gardening.<br />
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==Pastor Daniels==<br />
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The pastor at New Hope Baptist Church.<br />
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==Miss Dorothy==<br />
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The director of the children's choir at New Hope Baptist Church. She is close friends with [[Geneva Porter]]; the two women performed in a gospel singing group and trained to be music teachers in Alabama.<br />
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==Mrs. Harris==<br />
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The mother of Diane Harris.<br />
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==James Hartman==<br />
A music producer at Hitsville U.S.A. In ''[[Music in My Heart: My Journey with Melody]]'' he enlists Dwayne to do errands for him and lends his 1964 Ford Mustang.<br />
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==Jimmy==<br />
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Aunt Beck's grandson (it is not stated who his father is). He sends her a doll from Japan.<br />
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==Katie==<br />
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Clifford's wife.<br />
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==Larry==<br />
A friend of Julius Sterling. He assists the Junior Block Club with weeding the neighborhood playground in ''[[Never Stop Singing]]''.<br />
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==Mac==<br />
A man who works at the recording studio of a record shop. He records Dawyne's solo song in ''[[Music in My Heart: My Journey with Melody]]''.<br />
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==Al and Josephine Moore==<br />
The owners of a performance hall in Detroit. Josephine is close friends with [[Geneva Porter]] and Miss Dorothy.<br />
==Harry Muntz==<br />
The son of Norman Muntz; a man who helped Samuel Roth escape Poland and come to America.<br />
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==Phil==<br />
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One of the members of the Three Ravens with [[Dwayne Ellison]]. He appears to have a slight crush on Lila.<br />
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==Phyllis==<br />
The leader of the Fair Housing Committee.<br />
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==Roy Porter==<br />
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The brother of [[Frank Porter]] and father of [[Charles Porter]].<br />
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==Leah Roth==<br />
A Jewish girl Melody meets and befriends in ''[[The Lady's Slipper]]''.<br />
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==Mrs. Roth==<br />
The mother of Leah Roth. She and [[Tish Porter]] have worked together for the Fair Housing Committee.<br />
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==Samuel Roth==<br />
The grandfather of Leah Roth. He was a botany professor in Krakow, Poland before fleeing to America following the city's takeover by the Nazis.<br />
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==Martha Jean Steinburg==<br />
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A popular DJ on the radio, known as "Martha Jean the Queen."<br />
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==Julius Sterling==<br />
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A close friend of Melody's.<br />
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==Mr. Sterling==<br />
The father of Julius Sterling.<br />
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==Sue==<br />
A waitress at Sam's Soda Shop. She intentionally attempts to refuse service to Melody, Yvonne and the protagonist when they visit in ''[[Music in My Heart: My Journey with Melody]]'' but later relents when the girls stand their ground, and when a white woman speaks up for them.<br />
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==Vera==<br />
A woman seen displaying her plants at the Belle Isle Conservatory Flower Show in ''[[The Lady's Slipper]]''.<br />
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==David Whitelaw==<br />
The manager and senior botanist at Belle Isle. Melody meets him in ''[[The Lady's Slipper]]''.<br />
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