Dicey's Song

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Summary: A truly unique book!
Review: The reason that I read this book in the first place was because it was assigned to my class for a project. To tell you the truth, I thought in the begining that it was the dumbest book i ever read and that the author only wrote it because she had nothing better to do. Well here on the 5th day of the assignment we were only supposed to read the first 5 chapters and I already finished the book this morning. I think ths book is really different then any I have ever read before! It is very realistic and I think it made a difference in the way I look at people. I totally agree with the part about reaching out and holding on to people, and I think that as Dicey now knows, that it is not an easy job. in the end I even cried. I recomend this book to everyone and I think this was a truly unique book.

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Summary: I'm still hoping to find a ten!!!
Review: As a middle school teacher I can honestly say that I've yet to meet the student who didn't like this book. It offers a realistic, down-to-earth view of life. Personally, I also thought the book was incredible. It is an "easy-read" which once started is hard to put down.

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Summary: A vividly written book, one of my definite favorties
Review: I liked this book a lot because of the main character. Cynthia Voigt makes here a trustworthy person, and when you read about Dicey, you feel as if you've known her for a long time. She has realitic feelings, like anyone else, which is rare for a main character in many books. I'd recommend this book to anyone, because It makes you think a lot about yourself and what happens in the book. Dicey faces lots of problems, and settles them in her own way. She pulls through with the help of her new friends, and mostly, herself. I liked her grandmother, because she didn't really mind what other people thought about her, but she knew she had to care for her grandchildren. I don't knon why some people gave this book a low rating, because I loved it!

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Summary: Kind of plain
Review: This book was not the best I've ever read. It could've been a lot better. The descriptions were kind of plain and not very vivid. Read this book if you like realism and real-life stories, but don't waste your time if you don't.

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Summary: Thought-provoking story fluid in beautiful prose.
Review: Cynthia Voight has created a thoughtful piece of literature, telling of Dicey, whose complexities far outweigh those of the average 13-year-old. She paints incredible pictures of the life of Dicey and her family with flowing, descriptive prose; the book would not be the same without it.

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Summary: VERY WELL WRITTEN!
Review: I loved this book and i couldn't put it down! It was very good but it was not the best of Cynthia Voigt's books. It was about a young girl whos mother abandoned her. I recomend it (along with her other books) to everyone!

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Summary: I have to say that this book is definatly a must-read.
Review: Dicey's Song is a book with a down to life background and a fasinating plot.Dicey is a tomboy who moves to her gram's house with her 2brother's and sister.Dicey's mother is in the hospital and between worring about her mother's death,taking care of her family, and just growing up dicey has one heck of a song.

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Summary: Getting caught up in Dicey's Song
Review: The book Dicey's Song was one of the most insighful books I have read having to deal with children's emotions and feelings. I read this book and some of the other books that deal with the Tillerman family and their friends for a college Bibliotherapy class. I could not put any of the books down once I started reading them. I thought that Cynthia did an excellent job portraying the emotions of an abandoned thirteen year old girl and the struggles she dealt with inwardly. I think that the book was very discriptive and well written when it came time for conversations among the family members. Cynthia did not lead me to believe that life is fine and merry for the Tillermans. They do face struggles but along with those struggle comes understanding and hope. I was very pleased with Cynthia's use of emtion throughout the book. It made the book one of those, "I can't put it down books." Well, the story is sad and emtional but there are little things along the way that bring a smile to your face and tell you that things will work out in the end. It is a fabulous must read book. :)

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Summary: Thought-provoking
Review: Once, I read a qoute from a critic on the back of a book. "Thought-provoking," it said. A qoute like that ought to be on the cover of Dicey's Song. I only just finished this book, about 13-year-old Dicey and the new life she makes for herself at her grandmother's in Maryland. Even if I forget near-to every detail, I'll remember how often I'd put it down and just think and think. I'd like to put all my thoughts on my reveiw, but there isn't enough room :-) I mostly thought about what Dicey thought. Why she thought it. And I sometimes wondered how she figured things out, when the puzzles seemed impossible to me. Maybeth, her younger sister, is slow, and musically gifted. The way the school-system is teaching her, she just can't learn. Dicey, as well as her grandmother and mature younger brother, James, had to find a way to teach her so she would remember what she was taught. Sammy, known for fighting in school, was being an angel instead. Then, of-a-sudden, he starts fighting. For no apparent reason. James Dicey has to hold on to. Dicey herself didn't seem fond of the idea of friends when I first read about her. Perhaps it was in Homecoming, Dicey's Song's prequil, that I read Dicey didn't want friends because a peice of her, her heart, would belong to a friend. Dicey wants to belong to herself. She also worries about money, Dicey. Like her grandmother does. She gets a job and learns to respect her dim-witted employer, Millie. She gets around to making firneds too. Or rather, they, Mina and Jeff, make her their friend. It was toward the end that I thought the most. Two things are said there. Let go and hold on. Gone and home. I'll remember them too, as well as the thoughts. I feared Dicey's Song would end sadly, but like in Homecoming, the ending leaves you contented.

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Summary: The newbery award was well deserved.
Review: I really, really, love this book. Cynthia Voight is a wonderful writer, the language is beautiful, but that's only a small part of why I love Dicey's Song. The characters are all so well drawn, and so interesting. They have this power inside them, of stubborness, and steadfast love, and intelligence - it's a different way of looking at the world, strong, and without blinking. The Newbery award was very well deserved. I can think of very few better books