Diceys Song, Cynthia Voigt
Diceys Song, Cynthia Voigt
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Dicey's Song

Author: Cynthia Voigt

Narrator: Barbara Caruso

Unabridged: 9 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/28/2008


Synopsis

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

When Momma abandoned Dicey Tillerman and her three siblings in a mall parking lot and was later traced to an asylum where she lay unrecognizing, unknowing, she left her four children no choice but to get on by themselves. They set off alone on foot over hundreds of miles
until they finally found someone to take them in.

Gram’s rundown farm isn’t perfect, but they can stay together as a family—which is all Dicey really wanted.

But after watching over the others for so long, it’s hard for Dicey to know what to do now. Her own identity has been so wrapped up in being the caretaker, navigator, penny counter, and decision maker that she’s not sure how to let go of some responsibilities while still keeping a
sense of herself. But when the past comes back with devastating force, Dicey sees just how necessary—and painful—letting go can be.

ALA Newbery Medal • ALA Notable Children's Books • USA Children's Books of International Interest • CBC/NCSS Notable Children's Book in Social Studies • Booklist Best Of 80s • 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 August 13, 2018

"I have the feeling that I know who I am, only I'm not anymore." 3.5 ⭐️ This was a wonderful second installment to the Tillerman Cycle. When we last left Dicey, James, Maybeth and Sammy - they were beginning new lives, living on their grandmothers farm. This novel has more focus on the characters them......more

Goodreads review by Chantal on December 30, 2021

What a wonderful second book in this series. This book reads very easily, it is easy to get into the skin of the characters. They are all likeable for their own quirky things. This novel has more focus on the characters themselves, rather than much plot. Yes, it is a sad book at the end, but it also......more

Goodreads review by Meagan on March 20, 2008

Though I eventually devoured every book in this series, this was the first one I read. I loved these books as a kid - I loved that they didn't feel like books for kids at all. They seemed like "real" books - as opposed to, say, Baby Sitters Club. I love what an odd, believable character Dicey is, th......more

Goodreads review by John on October 06, 2022

A good book that, I suspect, will be a considered slow moving by at least some of its intended audience. Really, it's a book that adults (re: parents) want their children to like as opposed to one they actually will like. Some will get it. Hopefully, others will come back and recognize that the pace......more

Goodreads review by Alien on November 25, 2021

I didn’t finish it. Just felt too directionless and the plain writing didn’t pull me in. The plot in the first book, “Homecoming” got me through the plain writing. Kids abandoned in a parking lot by their mother need to find a way to survive on their own. They need to find shelter, scrounge up some......more