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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] .
Author Cynthia Voigt's official website, with biography information, book list, and information about upcoming new releases.
As for pets, I am a pretty low flier. We used to have dogs, one at a time, and once we even had a cat named Bongo, who holds the trophy for the World's Worst Pet. Maybe I should try to put Bongo in a book. Official website of Newbery Medal-winning author Cynthia Voigt.
Cynthia Voigt is an American author of books for young adults dealing with various topics such as adventure, mystery, racism and child abuse.
Books by Author Cynthia Voigt. NEW Books. When Wishes Were Horses. Available now! Released August 13, 2024. What would you wish for? For Bug, Casey, Zoe, and Billy, the answer is clear: A skateboard. A dog. Parents who don't argue. A unicorn. But the thing about wishes is that you don't always know for sure how your wish will be granted.
Cynthia Voigt has 81 books on Goodreads with 162694 ratings. Cynthia Voigt’s most popular book is Homecoming (Tillerman Cycle, #1).
Tillerman Cycle Series. With both parents gone, the four Tillerman children – Sammy, Maybeth, James and Dicey, who at 13 is the oldest and the one responsible – have to find a place where they can live together and, once they have done that, they have to learn how to be there, how to live their own lives and grow up into their own selves.
Known for her powerful young adult realistic fiction, Cynthia Voigt won the Newbery Medal for Dicey’s Song, the second book in the acclaimed Tillerman series. Many of the books in the seven-part Tillerman series have garnered awards, including Homecoming, A Solitary Blue, and The Runner.
Cynthia Voigt writes realistically of human failure—and triumph—in this poignant novel from her acclaimed Tillerman cycle.
Cynthia Voigt won the Newbery Medal for Dicey’s Song, the Newbery Honor Award for A Solitary Blue, and the National Book Award Honor for Homecoming, all part of the beloved Tillerman Cycle. She is also the author of many other celebrated books for middle grade and teen readers, including Izzy, Willy-Nilly, and Jackaroo.
Cynthia Voigt. Cynthia Voigt won the Newbery Medal for Dicey's Song and the Newbery Honor Award for A Solitary Blue, both part of the beloved Tillerman Cycle. She is also the author of many other celebrated books for middle-grade and teen readers, including Izzy, Willy-Nilly and Jackaroo.
The iconic start to the timeless, Newbery-winning series from Cynthia Voigt is repackaged with a fresh new look. “It’s still true.” That’s the first thing James Tillerman says to his older sister, Dicey, every morning.
The critically acclaimed and Newbery Award–winning Tillerman Cycle from bestselling author Cynthia Voigt follows the lives of the Tillerman children along with their family and friends—now together in a collectible paperback boxed set!
Cynthia Voigt is the creator and the author of the Tillerman Family series of fictional novels. The series started out for the first time in 1973, which is when the debut novel was released. Readers were able to get their hands on Homecoming and then the sequel, titled Dicey’s Song.
Cynthia Voigt is an American author of books for young adults dealing with various topics such as adventure, mystery, racism and child abuse. Awards: Angus and Sadie: the Sequoyah Book Award (given by readers in Oklahoma), 2008. The Katahdin Award, for lifetime achievement, 2003.
Cynthia Voigt. Cynthia Voigt won the Newbery Medal for Dicey's Song and the Newbery Honor Award for A Solitary Blue, both part of the beloved Tillerman Cycle. She is also the author of many other celebrated books for middle-grade and teen readers, including Izzy, Willy-Nilly and Jackaroo.
Cynthia Voigt Biography. Cynthia Voigt is all about family. Though her written work covers a wide variety of topics, she is best known for the Tillerman saga, a series of family stories played...
In Cynthia Voigt’s MG book Little Bird, when a fisher attacks a crow’s nest and makes off with the trinket known as “Our Luck,” the least of the crows, Little Bird, sets off on a quest to retrieve it. On her way, she discovers her gift of understanding the other animals isn’t universal.
Cynthia Voigt's moving Tillerman books—which trace journeys both physical and emotional—have garnered many honors, including a Newbery Medal for Dicey’s Song and a Newbery Honor for A Solitary Blue.