Seventeen Against the Dealer

Brief Description: Series statement taken from dust jacket. Brief Description: Dicey struggles to make a go of a boat building business while facing family concerns, romantic problems, and the uncertainties of a drifter who offers to help her in her work. Biographical Note: Cynthia Voigt won the Newbery Medal for Dicey's Song," the Newbery Honor Award for A Solitary Blue," and the National Book Award Honor for Homecoming," all part of the beloved Tillerman cycle. 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. Edwards Award in 1995 for her work in literature, and the Katahdin Award in 2004. She lives in Maine. Marc Notes: Series statement taken from dust jacket.; Copyright date 1989.; Dicey struggles to make a go of a boat building business while facing family concerns, romantic problems, and the uncertainties of a drifter who offers to help her in her work. Publisher Marketing: Do you have to lose everything to see what truly matters? Find out in the seventh and final installment of Cynthia Voigt's Tillerman cycle. Dicey Tillerman has big dreams. She's started a boatbuilding business, and she's determined to prove she can succeed on her own. That's why she resists the offer of help from Cisco, the mysterious stranger who turns up one day at her shop. But running a business doesn't leave much time for the people Dicey treasures--her grandmother, her younger siblings, and her boyfriend, Jeff. Then it turns out that Dicey has placed her trust with the wrong person. Suddenly she stands to lose everything.... Has Dicey discovered too late what really matters to her? Cynthia Voigt deftly navigates nuances of identity and resilience in this triumphant conclusion to her acclaimed Tillerman cycle. Review Citations:

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 pg. 121 (EAN 9781442450646, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 02/10/1989 (EAN 9780689314971, Hardcover)

School Library Journal 02/01/1989 (EAN 9780689314971, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 pg. 121 (EAN 9781442428843, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:  Voigt, Cynthia Cynthia Voigt won the Newbery Medal for "Dicey's Song", the Newbery Honor Award for "A Solitary Blue", and the National Book Award Honor for "Homecoming", all part of the beloved Tillerman cycle. 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. Edwards Award in 1995 for her work in literature, and the Katahdin Award in 2004. She lives in Maine.