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Dicey's Song
by Cynthia Voigt
5 stars for Dicey's Song
Plot and Thought
Oh Dicey, what a strong and wonderful young woman you are...Dicey's song picks up roughly where Homecoming finished. Dicey and her siblings have a safe place to live with their grandmother who has decided to keep them. But their trials aren't over. What happened to their mother? Maybeth is struggling in school. Sammy is behaving unlike himself when he's not a home. James is concerned that he is too smart to have friends and dumbs down his work in hopes of being accepted. Their grandmother struggles to accept help. Dicey struggles to find a new role in the family and how to now best help her siblings.
Whether Dicey means to or not, she makes friends with Wilma and Jeff and has to negotiate new waters with their friendships. Particularly with Jeff, who may be more interested in her than she thought. But through it all she manages to find time to work on her grandmother's old sailboat and it gives her time to work through all the new issues in her life, even when grief strikes.
Status in my Library
I totally own this book, personally. And have newer copies on order for my workplace because I feel it has an awesome message for readers of all ages about family, friends, and loss.
In Conclusion
Dicey's Song is an awesome continuation of the Tillerman family story. You should probably read A Solitary Blue about the same time because they intertwine so closely.
A definite must read for everyone! just give it a try!
Plot and Thought
Oh Dicey, what a strong and wonderful young woman you are...Dicey's song picks up roughly where Homecoming finished. Dicey and her siblings have a safe place to live with their grandmother who has decided to keep them. But their trials aren't over. What happened to their mother? Maybeth is struggling in school. Sammy is behaving unlike himself when he's not a home. James is concerned that he is too smart to have friends and dumbs down his work in hopes of being accepted. Their grandmother struggles to accept help. Dicey struggles to find a new role in the family and how to now best help her siblings.
Whether Dicey means to or not, she makes friends with Wilma and Jeff and has to negotiate new waters with their friendships. Particularly with Jeff, who may be more interested in her than she thought. But through it all she manages to find time to work on her grandmother's old sailboat and it gives her time to work through all the new issues in her life, even when grief strikes.
Status in my Library
I totally own this book, personally. And have newer copies on order for my workplace because I feel it has an awesome message for readers of all ages about family, friends, and loss.
In Conclusion
Dicey's Song is an awesome continuation of the Tillerman family story. You should probably read A Solitary Blue about the same time because they intertwine so closely.
A definite must read for everyone! just give it a try!