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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
And still they sang., 6 Mar 1997
By A Customer
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.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
My Advice to Someone interested in Homecoming, 6 Oct 2005
Don't judge a book by its cover" is an important thing to keep in mind while looking at Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt. The outside of the book gives you the impression that it is a horror story set in a dark, gloomy forest, yet this impression couldn't be more different than the actual plot.
Homecoming is about four children that are abandoned by their mother and have to travel on the roads to get to places where they could live. On the roads, they meet a lot of diverse characters and various things happen to them, but it seems just like a chain of random events that happen to the same children. There is no connection between the people they meet and the things that happen to them. Cynthia Voigt tries to connect them by adding songs that are sung again and again and by one of the children saying, "It's still true" every morning.
If you like adventure and getting down to the point, you should read Homecoming. However, if you enjoy logical happenings and long poetic descriptions, this book is not for you, as there is close to none of this. When there are descriptions, they just seem really sentimental and corny.
The first forty pages are pretty exciting and make you want to read on, but then the next 150 pages get rather boring and not much happens. Once you have gotten past that, however, the story gets much better and more interesting. So don't stop reading it then because you think it is boring - trust me, the end gets quite good! It may not get suspenseful enough for you if you are maybe over twelve. I think this book suits the age group nine to twelve better.
Another piece of advice that I should give you is that there is a letter to the reader at the end of the book that the author has written. I think you should read it, but save it until the end. Reading it before you have finished or even started the book will give away too much and ruin it for you. However, if you read it at the end, you will understand the story better.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
"Amazing!", 11 Feb 2003
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.
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