Homecoming Author:Cynthia Voight What kind of mother would leave her four kids in a parked car in a strange town and then just walk away? Maybe a mother who had gone a little crazy. Th Tillerman kids--Kicey, James, Sammy and Maybeth--couldn't do anythibg to stop her. They watched their mother disappear into the Saturday mro9ning mall crowd. It was their last glimpse of her.... more »
Their father, too, had left them long ago. So it was up to thirteen-year-old Dicey to make all the decisions, feed them, find places to sleep. Above all,m Dicey had to avoid the authorities who would split them upa nd place them in foster homes. She had to find an adult they could trust, someone who would take them in and love them. But deep down Dicey was afraid that it was too much to hope for...« less