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  2. Homecoming (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Each book in the series follows events in the lives of different characters introduced in Dicey's Song or Homecoming. Seventeen Against the Dealer takes up events in Dicey's life when she is 21. A Solitary Blue concerns events in the life of Jeff Greene, a character introduced in Dicey's Song and a central figure in Seventeen Against the Dealer.

  3. Dicey's Song - Wikipedia

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    At the time of the book's publication, Kirkus Reviews said, "Through all the hardships, comforts, and passages, Dicey remains the sturdy presence we met in Homecoming; new she and Gram make a strong, crusty pair, and the other children come along according to their observantly individualized courses. A resilient family and a gratifying journey ...

  4. Homecoming (1996 film) - Wikipedia

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    Homecoming is a 1996 American made-for-television drama film starring Anne Bancroft. On April 14, 1996, Homecoming aired on the American cable channel, Showtime. [1] The screenplay was written by Christopher Carlson and was based on Cynthia Voigt's novel, Homecoming. The movie follows the story of four children who were abandoned by their ...

  5. Cynthia Voigt - Wikipedia

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    Cynthia Voigt (born February 25, 1942) is an American writer of books for young adults dealing with various topics such as adventure, mystery, racism and child abuse. Her first book in the Tillerman family series, Homecoming , was nominated for several international prizes and adapted as a 1996 film. [ 1 ]

  6. Tillerman Cycle - Wikipedia

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    A Solitary Blue covers events in the life of Jeff Greene, Dicey's love interest. Come a Stranger covers events in the life of Wilhemina Smiths, Dicey's best friend. In Sons from Afar, James enlists his brother Sammy's help to find Francis Verricker, who may be the father who deserted them long ago. Seventeen Against the Dealer resumes Dicey's ...

  7. Sons from Afar - Wikipedia

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    First edition (publ. Atheneum Books) Sons From Afar (1987) is the sixth book in Cynthia Voigt's Tillerman Cycle, the series of novels dealing with Dicey Tillerman's family which also includes Homecoming, Dicey's Song (winner of the 1983 Newbery Medal), The Runner, A Solitary Blue, Come A Stranger, and Seventeen Against the Dealer.

  8. A Solitary Blue - Wikipedia

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    A Solitary Blue (1983) is a novel by Cynthia Voigt. It was a Newbery Honor book in 1984. [1] It is the third book of the Tillerman Cycle, set concurrently with Dicey's Song and Come a Stranger. It revolves around Jeff Greene, a boy who struggles after being abandoned by his mother at age 7.

  9. Homecoming (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Homecoming, a 2023 novel by Kate Morton; Homecoming, a 1981 young adult novel by Cynthia Voigt; Homecoming, a 1992 novel by Matthew Costello; Homecoming (Kiryō), a 1948 novel by Jirō Osaragi; Homecoming, a 2015 novel in the series The 100 by Kass Morgan; Homecoming, a 2003 novel set in the Star Trek universe