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Title: Dicey's Song (Tillerman Saga) by Cynthia Voigt ISBN: 0-689-85131-6 Publisher: Simon Pulse Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.15 (105 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Great read for struggling teens
Comment: Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt was a great book for teens that are struggling with growing up and letting go of past events. Probably girls would like it more because it tends to be sentimental at times. It is easy to become sympathetic for Dicey after learning about her hard childhood in which she was mostly responsible for her younger siblings. However, this book was not written to gain pity for Dicey. This book was written to show how terrible pasts can become triumphant futures.
Dicey had a really hard time adjusting to her new surroundings after her mother was put in rehab and was sent to live on her grandmother's farm. She had to let her grandmother take charge, and let someone else do the worrying for her. She had to learn to accept her new role in the family, all while trying to figure out just exactly who Dicey Tillerman was. Every teen goes through having to adapt to new things, whether it be physical changes, social changes, or emotional changes. Dicey struggled with all of these things. She just wanted to be a little girl again, because she realized that her childhood years had been spent being "mom". 'I don't want to grow up!', was Dicey's internal cry. She finally realized that she had to accept her new life. When she learned to let go and give control to someone else, in this case, her grandmother, a huge weight was lifted from her and she was much happier. It seems to me that most teens are quite stubborn and tend to hold onto one thing, when in fact that one thing is holding us back from living life to the fullest.
This book was a great read, and pretty deep for teen fiction. I was overall really impressed with Voigt's language and voice that really came out in this piece. Anyone who likes to read about identity struggles would like this book. However, if you need a really complex plot to float your boat, this one isn't for you.
Rating: 4
Summary: Dicey's Song
Comment: After struggling to survive the summer alone with her two brothers and sister, Dicey finally arrives at her grandmother's house. Dicey Tillerman a thirteen-year-old girl has had the responsibility of keeping her family together. Now her new challenge will be learn to let go and except that she is only a teenager herself
After moving in with their grandmother, and starting to become a family, Dicey realizes that life as she knew was to change forever. She starts to live as any other teenager would. Enrolling herself in school and even getting a job at a local grocery store, she becomes more like a sister and less of mother to her siblings. Dicey also starts to rely and be more open with her grandmother, emotionally. Over time she creates a tight circle of friends in school and at home.
The Tillermans themselves start to bond as a family. With all the kids in school, they become more and more as ordinary children. The oldest boy, James, not only becomes an excellent student but also a reliable paperboy. Maybeth finds passion in music, while Sammy makes friends with the local boys.
[But with their lives settled in, what will a word about their long lost mother do]
Reading this book helped me find the true meaning of a family. I enjoyed this book and i hope a lot of you will too!
Rating: 5
Summary: deceptively simple masterpiece
Comment: The thing I most love about Cynthia Voigt's writing in general, and the Tillerman series in particular, is her understanding of what makes people tick. This is especially evident in this novel, which deservedly won the Newbery Medal. Much of the interest of the story centres around Dicey's development, growth and change, and her attempts to understand people and the relationships between them.
Cynthia Voigt is also unusual among YA writers in her consistent development of the adult characters as complex and real; evading the trap of making them simply foils for the teen protagonist or a catalyst in the story.
A book that can stand on its own as well as part of a series, and one that will be treasured by those who love thoughtful stories about real people.
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Title: Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt ISBN: 0689851324 Publisher: Simon Pulse Pub. Date: 01 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: A Solitary Blue (Tillerman Series) by Cynthia Voigt ISBN: 0689863608 Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Runner (Point) by Cynthia Voigt ISBN: 0590483803 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: 01 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Seventeen Against the Dealer by Cynthia Voigt ISBN: 0689851332 Publisher: Simon Pulse Pub. Date: 01 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: COME A STRANGER by Cynthia Voigt ISBN: 068980444X Publisher: Simon Pulse Pub. Date: 01 November, 1995 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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