A Solitary Blue (Tillerman Series) - Softcover

Voigt, Cynthia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0689863608 ISBN 13: 9780689863608

Publisher: Atheneum, 2003

Synopsis

Jeff Greene's mother, who deserted the family years before, reenters his life and widens the gap between Jeff and his father, a gap that only truth, love, and friendship can heal. A Newbery Honor book. Reissue.

About this title

Review:

"New York Times Book Review"

Beautifully written.

"USA Today"

Honest, controlled and uncompromising.

"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.

From the Back Cover:

'Dear Jeffie, I am going away, but I'm not really going away from you. I will hold you in my heart, and you will hold me in your heart, and we can't ever be very far from each other then, can we?
'

Jeff abandoned by his mother Melody, grows up with his dusty old father, whom he knows only as the Professor. When Melody appears in Jeff's life and invites him to stay for the summer, his world is alight with happiness. But Melody's never around and Jeff is as lonely as ever. Maybe the Professor isn't as dusty as Jeff had always imagined. But maybe, like the solitary blue heron, it's wise to never get too close to anyone...

A lyrical story of loneliness and family relationships, 'A Solitary Blue' builds on a character introduced in Book Two of the Tillerman's Series, 'Dicey's Song'.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atheneum
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0689863608
• ISBN 13: 9780689863608
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256