A Newbery Honor-winning installment of the Voigt's classic Tillerman series is repackaged. Jeff Greene's mother, who deserted the family years before, re-enters his life and widens the gap between Jeff and his father, a gap that only truth, love, and friendship can heal. A Newbery Honorwinning installment of the Cynthia Voigt's classic Tillerman series is repackaged with a fresh new look. She felt that the world needed her more than her 'grown up' son did. In life, there can be emotional pits so deep that seemingly nothing will growbut if he digs a little deeper, Jeff might just come out on the other side.
Booklist starred review Richly resonant -- perhaps the best Voigt venture yet.
Bulletin of the Center for Children s Books Beautifully knit, a compelling and intelligent novel. When his mother returns to his life, he is torn between the two as he tries to grasp who each member of his family is including himself! How can you tell who loves you? How can you protect yourself from manipulation, and still show love? Weighty matters for a child's book, but grim as the subject may be, I suspect it is not an unusual situation.
Voigt is an excellent author. The book can be a stand-alone I didn't suspect it was part of series when I first read it. However, those who are fans of the Homecoming series will appreciate seeing the character Dicey again, and from an new point of view. View all 3 comments. Feb 09, Leslie rated it it was amazing. A beautiful and sobering illustration of why isolation is so seductive in times of pain or brokenness; equally compelling in its call for healing through connections with others. This novel was probably the most genuine and nuanced piece of writing I read in my youth, and it taught me as much about character both having it and lacking it as any of the classics.
Sep 26, Lars Guthrie rated it it was amazing. The third in the Tillerman Cycle and the third I've revisited in audio. It looks like there are no more in audio, which is disappointing. It's the first in the Tillerman Cycle to turn its focus away from Dicey Tillerman and her family, and previews the way Voigt will interweave the different stories, for it is here we find the beginnings of a concrete 'Dicey's Song. It tells Jeff Greene's story. He's a friend Dicey makes in her first year in school in Crisfield, Maryland.
But Voigt takes us back long before then. Suffice it to say that Jeff has had as interesting a life as Dicey's, with as many obstacles. So you don't have to know 'Homecoming' or "Dicey's Song,' to get swept up in 'A Solitary Blue,' but knowing them will enhance the book immeasurably, and made for some gasps of surprise and admiration on my part. One of the marks of great fiction is characters who completely surprise you without going out of character.
Another is sharp-eyed observation of just the right amount of detail to convey atmosphere. And language, evocative and lucid. Cynthia Voigt succeeds on all counts. Jeff, his family, and each person he meets, are recognizable but never stereotypical, and Voigt is a poet of shopping malls, and herons in flight. Apr 18, Josiah rated it it was amazing. Okay, after reading this book I was forced to come to the wonderful conclusion that Cynthia Voigt could do no wrong and she was, in all likelihood, a perfect author and perfect human.
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Well, I nearly felt that way after reading through A Solitary Blue! I never thought that any additional book in The Tillerman Cycle could surpass Dicey's Song, and perhaps this one did not surpass it, but it did come shockingly close. In my thinking, this is one of the fullest and most richly resonant novels abou Okay, after reading this book I was forced to come to the wonderful conclusion that Cynthia Voigt could do no wrong and she was, in all likelihood, a perfect author and perfect human. In my thinking, this is one of the fullest and most richly resonant novels about the power of feelings that has ever been written, by ANYONE.
My heart broke a dozen times and more while reading this as I experienced the pain that Jeff felt from loving his mother and slowly coming to realize that her love for him was just not the same. This book will resound in the mind of anyone who has ever had their heart broken, or even been sad so, everyone. The storyline was almost unfathomably deep and fully realized, par for the course when it comes to books written by Cynthia Voigt. As is the case for Dicey's Song, A Solitary Blue truly ranks up there with the greatest books that I have read in my entire life.
It is a special journey that I urge everyone not to miss. Jan 28, Chy rated it liked it. You know what that means. Another young adult book. Oh yes, hippy to the extreme. I did not like him. Then Jeff goes to spend a summer with her and it seems great. A couple of minor things happen that made me narrow my eyes at her, but she spent time with Jeff and that was the important part. I kept forgiving her for things that, in hindsight, should have slapped me in the face. After that, Jeff and his father move out beside the water, near the habitat of some blue herons like the ones Jeff was taken with during his second summer with his mom.
Jeff really started his journey to self-discover that summer, when his mom and grandmother ignored him and left him to his own devices. He found himself an island—physically and figuratively—and it took his dad and a new life to bring him off it. The house Jeff and his father live in up until they move to the cabin is always dark. I really felt it. Hell, I felt it all. Even the inner island that the physical island helped Jeff create. It let me see his mom and dad the way he did.
And it let me see him grow up. I had an idea of it all the time. How silly is that? I really liked this kid. His reactions and everything are very believable, if not a leetle swayed by the feminine touch. Now, that mom is something else. She flits about, talking about saving the planet and the starving children of Zanzakanorbileansgoria, but she ignores the real people in her life.
But the portrayal is fantastic. I wanted to hurl the book across the room every time I felt that phrase coming on. But then, a strange thing happened—I start to see him the way he really is. And it contrasts so well with the opposite change of heart in Melody. There are a couple of others that are great, too.
He shows them where they are blind and adds just the element of friendship the book needed. This is one of those where the plot is about the characters growing.
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I really enjoyed the aspects of this book, but so much was fast-forwarded I kept getting frustrated. I was okay with this at first. I thought, I finally get to know this book that Voigt keeps bringing up is about. It just gets dropped, after chapters of build-up.
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I griped, scowling at the book. This is what I obsessed over. This is what has stayed with me even now. And the way Jeff grew page by page. That was good stuff, even if it was rushed and there were gaps here and there. I actually think it gets better the further away from it I get. If you catch my meaning. Jan 10, Jenny Leiva rated it really liked it. Jan 04, Cherie rated it really liked it Shelves: I really did like this story. After-the-fact, it turned out to be a re-read for me. This story starts out with a shock and breaks your heart with wave after wave of uNina Gina be happenings, for me at least.
I could not believe a mother could do what she does to her son in this story. The young man and his father in this story really wrapped themselves around my heart. It was so sad in the beginning. It took a long time, but the story unfolded so wonderfully, and the characters grew into such won I really did like this story. It took a long time, but the story unfolded so wonderfully, and the characters grew into such wonderful people that it was hard to let them go at the end.
Cynthia Voigt can create such beautiful settings for her stories, that you feel, hear, and smell everything right along with her characters. Jan 01, Xan West rated it it was amazing Shelves: This book reaches into my heart and holds. It always has, from the first time I read it, when I was quite young. It is the closest I have ever come to reading a character's POV and voice that matched who I was, and how I thought, and how I felt, as a child and I treasure it for that. But it is the book that reflects me the most, on the inside, as I was growing up, essential aspects of what my childhood was like and how I su This book reaches into my heart and holds.
But it is the book that reflects me the most, on the inside, as I was growing up, essential aspects of what my childhood was like and how I survived it. Books like that are important and rare. I continually look for mirrors and visions of who I am and who I could be in books, and almost never find them. I'm glad to have read it again, the first book I finished in Oct 10, Colin rated it really liked it Shelves: This was not a book I read in childhood, but re-reading the first two in this series, which were childhood faves and are still really great, made me want to read this series all the way through.
Voigt is really good at writing about children and abandonment, and also about the complexities of family. I felt so sorry for Jeff, the narrator, but then felt really proud of him when he comes into his own by the end of the book. I was totally invested. And of course, even though it's pretty rare to fi This was not a book I read in childhood, but re-reading the first two in this series, which were childhood faves and are still really great, made me want to read this series all the way through.
And of course, even though it's pretty rare to find them, I always like re-reading the same scenes from the POV of different characters, so the repeats from Dicey's Song were enjoyable. I didn't think I would enjoy this one as much as it focuses on Jeff Greene, a friend of the Tillermans. But I got so sucked into his story I didn't even miss the other characters!
Can I just say Jeff's mom gives me the creeps? I enjoyed getting to see the Tillermans more in the end, but thought the story stood alone well without them. These are powerful stories and themes for young adults and grown-ups too! Oct 03, Katy Ann rated it it was amazing. It is very hard to write a review for this book. It is like writing a review of a point in my life or of a person you have been. This is the first book I read that really mattered. Not an escapist book but a book that reached down and saw me where I was in life and said "you are not alone.
Nov 20, Amanda rated it it was amazing. I have read it over and over and never tire of it. I love the way Cynthia Voigt writes and enjoyed all the books in the Tillerman series! This third book in the Tillerman family series kept me riveted! I loved "Dicey's Song" and "Homecoming" and had to read this next one also. Jeff Greene has a dysfunctional family in the years when the term was not widely used.
His mother abandons him when he is only in the second grade, leaving him a note to find that he can read himself , when he gets home from school. If that shocks you, just wait Jeff is left with a scarred, emotionally distant father and an upbringing t This third book in the Tillerman family series kept me riveted! Jeff is left with a scarred, emotionally distant father and an upbringing that causes him to rely on his own resources. She is also the author of many other celebrated books for middle grade and teen readers, including Izzy, Willy-Nilly and Jackaroo. She was awarded the Margaret A.
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Edwards Award in for her work in literature, and the Katahdin Award in She lives in Maine. Tell us what you like, so we can send you books you'll love. Sign up and get a free eBook! Book 3 of The Tillerman Cycle. Price may vary by retailer.