num_pages: 320
description: The Tillerman kids' mother just left them one day in a car in a mall parking lot. Their father, too, had left them a long time ago. So, as usual, it was up to thirteen-year-old Dicey, the eldest of four, to take care of everything, make all the decisions, feed them, find places to sleep. But above all, Dicey would have to make sure to avoid the authorities who would split them up and place them in foster homes. Deep down, she hoped they could find an adult they could trust, someone who would take them in and love them. But she was afraid it was too much to hope for....
language: English
title: Homecoming
titlecomplete: Homecoming (Tillerman Family, #1)
genres: Classics, Adventure, Childrens, Teen, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Family, Contemporary, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 22148
series: Tillerman Cycle
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 378720000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Children's Books, Fiction (Hardcover), awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers