A Solitary Blue, Cynthia Voigt
A Solitary Blue, Cynthia Voigt
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A Solitary Blue

Author: Cynthia Voigt

Narrator: Jeff Woodman

Unabridged: 8 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/12/2008


Synopsis

A Newbery Honor–winning installment of Cynthia Voigt’s classic Tillerman series.

Jeff Greene was only seven when he came home from school to find a note from his mother. She felt that the world needed her more than her “grown up” son did.

For someone who believed she could see the world’s problems so clearly, she was blind to the heartache and difficulties she pushed upon her son, leaving him with his reserved, undemonstrative father.

So when, years later, she invites Jeff to spend summers with her in Charleston, Jeff is captivated by her free spirit and warmth, and a happiness he’s been missing fills him. But Jeff's second visit ends with a devastating betrayal and an aching feeling of loneliness. In life, there can be emotional pits so deep that seemingly nothing will grow—but if he digs a little deeper, Jeff might just come out on the other side.

ALA Newbery Honor Book • ALA Notable Children's Books • ILA Teachers' Choices • ALA Best Books For Young Adults • Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults • ILA Young Adults' Choices • Phoenix Award Honor Book • CBC/NCSS • Notable Children's Book in Social Studies • ALA Best of the Best Books for Young Adults • Boston Globe/Horn Book Award Honor Book

About Cynthia Voigt

Cynthia Voigt is the Newbery Medal- and Newbery Honor–winning author of more than twenty books, including Dicey’s Song and A Solitary Blue. She is also the author of Little Bird, illustrated by Newbery Medal–winning author Lynne Rae Perkins. She lives in Maine. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Charlotte on October 24, 2018

"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Yes! The Tillerman Cycle is so bloody good! 😊 Book number 3 in this series moves us away from the Tillerman family, and we meet Jeff and his father. Jeff refers to his father as 'the Professor' and they aren't overly cl......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on July 18, 2008

This is possibly my favorite book of the Tillerman Cycle. As ever, Cynthia Voigt's story and language are beautifully interdependent. Jeff's growth from terrified little boy to self-assured young man is by no means easy or without twists and turns, and he reaches that point after heartache and sever......more

Goodreads review by Alice on December 10, 2008

From my back door I can see a pond. Sometimes a solitary blue heron will visit the pond, a reclusive bird that stalks along the edge of the water. If you approach the heron, it immediately takes flight. I find the bird fascinating. Now I realize that one of the reasons I find blue herons so fascinat......more

Goodreads review by Lars on September 26, 2010

The third in the Tillerman Cycle and the third I've revisited in audio. It looks like there are no more in audio, which is disappointing. It's the first in the Tillerman Cycle to turn its focus away from Dicey Tillerman and her family, and previews the way Voigt will interweave the different stories,......more

Goodreads review by Chy on January 28, 2009

There’s a red “Scholastic” band at the bottom of the cover and a pretty silver coin that says “Newberry Honor Book” above that. You know what that means. Yes. Another young adult book. Kiss my ass; it’s what I wanted to read. The book kicks off with Jeff’s mom, Melody, gone—having left a note to him......more