Cynthia Voigt
Autor(a) de Dicey's Song
About the Author
Cynthia Voigt was born on February 25, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts. She received a bachelor's degree from Smith College, did graduate work at St. Michael's College, and later received a teacher's certification from Christian Brothers College. After college, she worked for an advertising agency. mostrar mais Before becoming a full-time author, she was a secretary and a high school English teacher. Her first book, Homecoming, was published in 1981. Her children's books address such issues at child abuse and racism, topics that are not often talked about in books designed for children. She is the author of numerous books including the Bad Girls series, the Tillerman Cycle series, and the Kingdom series. She won the Notable Children's Trade Book in the field of social studies for Homecoming, the Newbery Medal, ALA in 1983 for Dicey's Song, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1984 for The Callender Papers. In 1995, she received the MAE Award. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras por Cynthia Voigt
Set of Books in the celebrated Tillerman Cycle 2 exemplares
Homecoming - The Tillerman Series 1 exemplar
The Black Bear 1 exemplar
Come a Stranger/Dicey's Song/A Solitary Blue 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Outros nomes
- Irving, Cynthia (maiden)
- Data de nascimento
- 1942-02-25
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Locais de residência
- Deer Isle, Minnesota, USA
New York, New York, USA
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Maryland, USA - Educação
- Smith College
- Ocupações
- author
teacher - Relações
- Voigt, Walter (spouse)
- Prémios e menções honrosas
- Margaret A. Edwards Award (1995)
- Agente
- Merrilee Heifetz
Membros
Discussions
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Trying to Remember a Book from School - drama/journey? low reading level? em Name that Book (Abril 2014)
trying to find titles for 2 unrelated YAFIC books read around 2006-08 em Name that Book (Junho 2013)
YA novel about squire and his knight em Name that Book (Outubro 2012)
Vikings - (I think) YA, historical - female lead - romance - DAMN GOOD - not an erotic viking novel em Name that Book (Julho 2012)
Críticas
Voigt deftly portrays characters with depth and complexity. There is no sugar-coating of the working-class American family, nor shying away from racial tensions on the personal level during de-segragation. Satisfying read in every way.
Growing up in a traditional nuclear family I seldom tried to imagine any other reality. Voigt's Tillerman Cycle was published after my middle- and high-school tenure, when exposure to different family structures would have stretched me, to say the least, in positive ways.
With attention to the details of each character's speech, mannerisms, and interior dialog, Voigt breathes vibrant life into these memorable protagonists. The development of adolescent identity without a parent, or without both, unspools with confident pacing that kept me turning the pages.
I will miss the Tillermans.… (mais)
With attention to the details of each character's speech, mannerisms, and interior dialog, Voigt breathes vibrant life into these memorable protagonists. The development of adolescent identity without a parent, or without both, unspools with confident pacing that kept me turning the pages.
I will miss the Tillermans.… (mais)
Thoroughly satisfying read the second time through. When I first read it years ago, I was so concrete and literal in my understanding of the title that I kept looking for the passage about the song—one Dicey sings, one sung about or for her...
Shaking my head about that now. Brilliant storytelling with complex characters, many who were introduced in [b:Homecoming|12125|Homecoming (Tillerman Cycle, #1)|Cynthia Voigt|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1390250078s/12125.jpg|213788], moving through vivid and memorable settings.
Of course it is an award book, it earned it!… (mais)
Shaking my head about that now. Brilliant storytelling with complex characters, many who were introduced in [b:Homecoming|12125|Homecoming (Tillerman Cycle, #1)|Cynthia Voigt|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1390250078s/12125.jpg|213788], moving through vivid and memorable settings.
Of course it is an award book, it earned it!… (mais)
Listas
Books About Boys (1)
Edgar Award (1)
Best War Stories (1)
Female Author (1)
Farm Boy Fantasy (1)
Tagged Runaways (1)
Best Young Adult (5)
Sonlight Books (3)
Family Drama (3)
Newbery Adjacent (3)
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 57
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 16,728
- Popularidade
- #1,348
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 289
- ISBN
- 648
- Línguas
- 11
- Marcado como favorito
- 38
I think I read [b:Homecoming|12125|Homecoming (Tillerman Cycle, #1)|Cynthia Voigt|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1390250078s/12125.jpg|213788] years ago. But with the passage of time, and a more mature appreciation for a road trip tale, and childhood vis a vis abandonment, this read seemed like the first. The pages just kept turning.
The next title in the series, [b:Dicey's Song|11831|Dicey's Song (Tillerman Cycle, #2)|Cynthia Voigt|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1386923650s/11831.jpg|1968913] is on my nightstand, because I'm eager to know how each child fares in the next phase of their development. How do we survive childhood? How does anyone who faces the challenges of the Tillerman clan? What kind of adults will they be?
Almost, but not quite, unbelievable reading.… (mais)