March 13, 2005
YA34: Homecoming
Ok, for slightly younger kids (9-12) but it was great and I'm going to include it as a stretch (plus the series continues as Dicey gets older) I've seen lesson plans for grades 7-9, so it should count. I've been listening to it in the car for the last week and just finished the last tape yesterday afternoon. I'll definitely want to read the rest of the series once I'm done with the required reading for this class.
"Part survival tale, part family story, this classic on-the-road novel features a family of four brave children led by thirteen-year-old Dicey. Abandoned by their mother in the parking lot of a Connecticut mall, the Tillerman children make a long, dangerous trip to Maryland to find a home."
Homecoming
(part of the Tillerman series)
Cynthia Voigt
My classmates said I had to read this when I wrote about Izzy Willy Nilly on our class discussion board.
"A glowing book...An enthralling journey to a gratifying end."
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
The AudioFile review (since I was listening to the book in this form), says: Homecoming is one of those rare books for all ages part adventure, part family story, about people you grow to care about. Published for children, Homecoming and the other novels about the Tillerman family have become classics and favorites of both children and adults. Barbara Caruso’s narrative style is low-key, like the author’s, bit it grows on you. Her voice soon become an extension of the book rather than an intermediary. This is one of those wonderfully done recorded books which makes a traffic jam bearable and a long dull trip enjoyable."
Dicey's Song, the sequel to HOMECOMING, won the 1983 Newbery Medal.
There's a tv movie which would be interesting to see as well.
Posted by Emily at March 13, 2005 03:03 PM