Cynthia Voigt es una autora estadounidense cuyas obras para jóvenes adultos exploran una diversidad de temas. Sus relatos entrelazan frecuentemente elementos de aventura y misterio, al mismo tiempo que abordan con valentía problemáticas serias como el racismo y el abuso infantil. Voigt es reconocida por su habilidad para crear tramas cautivadoras que resuenan profundamente en los lectores. Su estilo distintivo radica en la exploración de personajes complejos y sus trayectorias emocionales, haciendo que su trabajo sea tanto inspirador como profundamente humano.
The Tillerman Cycle, crafted by bestselling author Cynthia Voigt, explores the lives of the Tillerman children and their relationships with family and friends. This boxed set, featuring the critically acclaimed and Newbery Award-winning series, offers a comprehensive look at their journeys, challenges, and growth, making it a treasured collection for readers.
Dicey struggles to make a go of a boatbuilding business while facing family concerns, romantic problems, and the uncertainties of a drifter who offers to help her in her work.
The fifth book in Cynthia Voigt's acclaimed Tillerman Series, Mina Smiths, black daughter of the local minister, must learn to accept herself. schovat popis
Six years after coming to live with their grandmother, James and Sammy Tillerman go in search of their long-lost father
Faced with the prospect of an unhappy life in the Kingdom, fourteen-year-old Birle accompanies a young runaway nobleman on a journey south and falls into slavery in the citadel of a cruel prince
Through the perspective of a charming little mouse named Fredle, the narrative explores themes of discovery and the essence of home. After being unexpectedly expelled from his safe haven behind the kitchen cabinets, Fredle navigates a vibrant yet perilous outdoor world filled with both beauty and danger. His journey introduces him to various creatures, including untrustworthy field mice, as he grapples with the balance between the excitement of exploration and the longing for safety. Ultimately, Fredle's adventure becomes a profound exploration of freedom.
They're brother and sister, but Angus is bigger. He is a good, brave, and clever dog—and he likes that. Sadie isn't as quick to learn—or to obey. Angus thinks she's scared of everything, but Sadie knows that's not true. Newbery Medalist Cynthia Voigt's story of border collie puppies growing up on a farm in Maine is for animal lovers of all ages, and for anyone who's ever had—or ever wondered what it would be like to have—a brother or sister just like themselves, but very, very different.
Jeff'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.
Abandoned by their mother, four children begin a search for a home and an identity.
Now that the four abandoned Tillerman children are settled in with their grandmother, Dicey finds that their new beginnings require love, trust, humor, and courage.
