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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 ]
The Runner is about Samuel "Bullet" Tillerman, Gram's son and the children's uncle, and takes place before any of the other books in the series. 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 her Afterword to the novel, Voigt explains that although the Tillerman family and the events described are all fictional, the geography of the book is accurate. However, some of the places mentioned are either fictional or deliberately or unintentionally misnamed. Peewauket, Connecticut: The town in which the children are abandoned.
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.
There are 66 books in the King James Bible; 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament.The Catholic Bible contains 73 books; the additional seven books are called the Apocrypha and are considered canonical by the Catholic Church, but not by other Christians.
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.
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 ...
The contents page in the King James Version of the Christian Bible (1769 edition), listing "The Books of the Old Testament", "The Books called Apocrypha", and "The Books of the New Testament". In the English language, the incomplete Tyndale Bible published in 1525, 1534, and 1536, contained the entire New Testament.