Homecoming

Homecoming
By Cynthia Voigt
This fictional story begins when Dicey's mother leaves Dicey and her younger siblings in the family car at a supermarket. When she doesn't return, Dicey and her brood set off to find a grandmother they don't know.

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1981.

Lexile Number: 630

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Reflection : This is one of my all-time favorite books. I couldn't put it down because I wanted to find out how Dicey and the children made it after their mom went crazy.

Lesson Connection : Students could pair this title with research on family domestic abuse or mental illness.