- Hardcover: 312 pages
- Publisher: Collins (7 Nov 1983)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0001843060
- ISBN-13: 978-0001843066
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,815,597 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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“The plot has pace and is exciting, but the real fascination lies in the characters of the children… A powerful book.”
The Guardian
“A really engaging and gripping story, well written”
Grimsby Evening Telegraph
“Keeps you hooked”
Children’s Bookshelf
“The details of day-to-day survival are totally absorbing”
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“The Tillerman series… is a tour de force”
The Guardian
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Dicey began to panic. The four of them had been waiting in the car for hours now. Why wasn’t their mother back? Why had she just walked off like that? What would they do if she never came back?
Dicey had known for a while that something was not right with her mother. There wasn’t anything she could put her finger on, but when Mamma said goodbye to them that day in the supermarket car park, Dicey knew that she wasn’t coming back. And so Dicey, as the eldest, plans to lead the three others halfway across America to their aunt – on foot. And the story of how they reached their destination and what they found there is one of the most gripping in children’s literature; it is the story of one child’s courage against impossible odds, and of a determination to find a home that never lets up. Homecoming, the first in a series of seven wonderful novels, is a must for any reader, young or old.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read this book with my class.At first I thought that it would just be another book, but it turned out that it was more than I had anticipated.This book is not for everyone but I would recommend it for anyone who likes reading a down to earth story.Dicey was a very courageous child,Maybeth was very diffrent but in this case diffrence is not necissarily a bad thing. James is the glue that holds the family togather because of his constant inputs, Sammy is the child that keeps them all aware.Togather they are the Tillerman family.May there be many more readers that discover them.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
And still they sang, the Tillerman's did. Despite the hurdles
they had crossed, in spite of the ones yet to come. Cynthia
Voigt weaves this tale of love and trust, taking chances, and
growing up too soon. The Tillerman's: Dicey, stong, stubborn,
take charge, and scared...despite all outward appearences, of
making a mistake. James, smart and confused. Sammy, stubborn,
strong, and worried that it is his fault. And Maybeth, slow,
beautiful, shy and trusting. The trial starts when they are
left in a mall parking lot, their mother, having forgotten
about them. Dicey decides to lead them south, to an aunt
they have never met, and a place they hope to call home. As
they walk they meet many people along the way, some friends,
some not. Dicey worries about where to sleep, who to trust,
and how to feed her brothers and sister. Yet through it all
they sing. When the they get to their Aunts house, things
don't quite work out as planned. Sammy, strong willed is at
risk of being sent to a foster home, Maybeth, slow and shy is
at risk of being placed in a school for mentally handicapped.
Dicey, who came so far to find a home for ALL of them,
realizes that it won't be here. So they set out again. For
a different home, with a grandmother, they never knew existed,
and who never knew about them. In Homecoming, Cynthia Voigt
tells this masterful story, of coming home. And through it
all, they sang.
they had crossed, in spite of the ones yet to come. Cynthia
Voigt weaves this tale of love and trust, taking chances, and
growing up too soon. The Tillerman's: Dicey, stong, stubborn,
take charge, and scared...despite all outward appearences, of
making a mistake. James, smart and confused. Sammy, stubborn,
strong, and worried that it is his fault. And Maybeth, slow,
beautiful, shy and trusting. The trial starts when they are
left in a mall parking lot, their mother, having forgotten
about them. Dicey decides to lead them south, to an aunt
they have never met, and a place they hope to call home. As
they walk they meet many people along the way, some friends,
some not. Dicey worries about where to sleep, who to trust,
and how to feed her brothers and sister. Yet through it all
they sing. When the they get to their Aunts house, things
don't quite work out as planned. Sammy, strong willed is at
risk of being sent to a foster home, Maybeth, slow and shy is
at risk of being placed in a school for mentally handicapped.
Dicey, who came so far to find a home for ALL of them,
realizes that it won't be here. So they set out again. For
a different home, with a grandmother, they never knew existed,
and who never knew about them. In Homecoming, Cynthia Voigt
tells this masterful story, of coming home. And through it
all, they sang.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is amazing. It describes in such fine detail what it is like to be alone with no family except those younger than yourself and the struggle to look after them. The adventures of Dicey Tillerman and her younger brothers and sister stick in your mind as you realize just how hard it must be to cope when you are young with hardly any money. The characters develop throughout the book so that you begin to feel as if you know them and you know what they would do in different situations. This books leaves you begging for more, and wanting to know desperately what will happen next in their adventures. It is an amazing book that describes the horrors of having to cope on your own and the courage that the children show in the face of danger and the unknown
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Homecoming
I have nearly finished this book and I'm really enjoying it. It's the best book I have read. Anyone who is thinking of buying it I would recommend this book.
Published on 3 Feb 2006 by Ms. Ee Wilkins
A great epic adventure
Homecoming tells of the struggle of four children abandoned in a car in the middle of nowhere by their mother. Read more
Published on 11 July 2004 by Lucy Reynolds
It was interesting!
I had to read this book for 7th grade in my highschool. When I purchased it, it looked absolutly boring, and looking at it, I thought I would never finish it within a month's time! Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2003 by Jennifer
Adventure
I had to read this book for school and at first I thought I wouldnt like it but it turned out to be really exciting. Read more
Published on 27 Feb 2003
One of the most amazing books I have ever read
When my mother first picked this book out of me at the shop I can remember thinking to myself. 'It looks boring' but even the first page started to interest me. Read more
Published on 22 Jun 2002 by Ms. L. J. Waldron
It was the type of book you can't put down!!!!!
This book is extremely exciting.You feel sorry for Dicey,Sammy,James & Maybeth but also feel like you want to be them & the ages of them are a good choice I would recomend... Read more
Published on 7 April 2002 by "fernview"
An absorbing children's adventure.
'Homecoming' is set in the USA in the early 1980s. The book concerns four children whose mother leaves them in a provincial town. Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2002 by Grace Webb (rrjgl.webb@lineone.net)
good old-fashioned story about real children
I am reading this book to my children, my daughter of 13 and son of 11, both of whom are quite old enough to read to themselves. We are all loving it. Read more
Published on 19 Nov 2001 by George S. Dodds-smith
An exellent jounery of courage and happiness
Homecoming is a wonderful book which lets you live the journey of four children left to fend for them selves by their mother, and with only the clothes on their back they make... Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2001
the book was horrible
I didn't like the book very much. The begining was good and exciting, but then it was all the same in the begining of part 2. Read more
Published on 8 May 2001
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