description: Dicey began to panic. The four of them had been waiting in the car for hours now. Why wasn't their mother back? Why had she just walked off like that? What would they do if she never came back? Dicey had known for a while that something was not right with her mother. There wasn't anything she could put her finger on, but when Mamma said goodbye to them that day in the supermarket car park, Dicey knew that she wasn't coming back. And so Dicey, as the eldest, plans to lead the three others halfway across America to their aunt -- on foot. And the story of how they reached their destination and what they found there is one of the most gripping in children's literature; it is the story of one child's courage against impossible odds, and of a determination to find a home that never lets up. Homecoming, the first in a series of seven wonderful novels, is a must for any reader, young or old.
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: HarperCollins Children's Books