- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks; New edition edition (4 Dec 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007100663
- ISBN-13: 978-0007100668
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13 x 2.5 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 531,628 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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“Rings with truth and compassion.”
Publisher’s Weekly
“The Tillerman series… is a tour de force”
The Guardian
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The sixth book in Cynthia Voigt’s acclaimed Tillerman Series, about Dicey Tillerman and her family, where Dicey’s brothers Sam and James hunt for their father.
Six years have passed since James and Sammy Tillerman came with their sisters Dicey and Maybeth to live with their grandmother. They have grown up as very different individuals – James, the shy intellectual dreamer at 15, and Sammy, 12, the handsome, boisterous doer of the family. James begins to ask questions about their father. Who was he? Why did he leave? He and Sammy begin a quest to track their father down, through the streets of Annapolis and among the seedy dockside bars of Baltimore, and learn more about themselves in consequence.
A strong, emotional story about young adults discovering who they are and what they are capable of. It builds on characters already loved and admired from the first book in the Tillerman series, Homecoming.
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JAMES TILLERMAN watched his brother, Sammy, who was bailing two inches of rainwater from their boat. Read the first page
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James and Sammy truly learn to be Tillermans in this journey
5 Jun 1999
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I began reading Cynithia Voigt in eight grade. My teacher assigned Dicey's Song and I fell in love. Her style is unmatched...she makes you feel as if you are apart of the Tillerman family and anything that happens to them, happens to you...a sign of a "born to be" writer. James and Sammy seek truth in a journey to find their father who left years before they really new what it would mean to be Tillermans. Excellent book for all ages. I have read all of the Tillerman cycle and ache for more...give them to any child coming of age...Voigt's knowlege of adolescence is astounding. I am twenty years old and they have been a guide and support to me thus far in my life, I am certain they will do the same for my little girl someday.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A Brother's Perspective
17 April 2004
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Sons From Afar, by Cynthia Voigt was another huge success. In this particular book, the main characters are James & Sammy. James was the kind of person who wished to find out about his lost father because of his feelings in high school on how "being a dork isn't going to get you anywhere." He believes that since all the boys his age had fathers, they were all taught how to catch a ball ever since they were little. Although James had good grades, he wants to find a sport he could play well on. For Sammy, he's like the opposite of James. He's very active: participating in tennis and always being full of energy. When Sammy learned that James wanted to find their father, he didn't hesitate. He even entered a bar that says "no kids allowed" just to find his father! This was how Cynthia Voigt made this book interesting: describing the differences and problems of two brothers that can also happen in our every day lives. On every single page, there is excitement and adventure to make the reader satisfied on what he or she is reading. I have enjoyed this book, and this book will be an excellent choice for people who want to read about young adult fiction.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Brotherhood
16 April 2002
Format:Mass Market Paperback
In another of the Tillerman series, Cynthia Voight explores the relationship between James and Sammy as each attempts to discover his inner self and who he wants to be. As the brothers search for a long missing father they grow to understand and admire each other. Although the plot bogs down in detail at times, there is enough action to keep the reader turning pages through to the finish. Not as captivating as the first two books in the series.
Beverly J Scott author of Righteous Revenge
Beverly J Scott author of Righteous Revenge
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