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Dicey's Song

by Cynthia Voigt · 1982 · 359 pages

Book 2 of the Tillerman Cycle series

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Now that the four abandoned Tillerman children are settled in with their grandmother, Dicey finds that their new beginnings require love, trust, humor, and courage.

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Genre
literary fictioncoming of agehistorical fiction
Themes
childhoodsiblingssurvival
Setting
1980s
Mood
nostalgia
Audience
young adultchildrensmiddle grade
Length
medium · 359 pages

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