Tillerman family

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The Tillerman family is the central group of siblings and their mother whose struggles and resilience are chronicled in Cynthia Voigt’s acclaimed series of young adult novels.

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instanceOf fictional family
appearsInGenre young adult fiction
appearsInSeries Tillerman Cycle NERFINISHED
centralThemeOf abandonment and survival
coming of age
family resilience
createdBy Cynthia Voigt NERFINISHED
exploresIssue foster care and guardianship
identity and independence
mental illness in parents
poverty
firstAppearanceIn Homecoming NERFINISHED
hasMatriarch Abigail Tillerman NERFINISHED
Olivia Tillerman NERFINISHED
hasMember Abigail Tillerman NERFINISHED
Bullet Tillerman NERFINISHED
Dicey Tillerman NERFINISHED
Francis Tillerman NERFINISHED
Gram Tillerman NERFINISHED
James Tillerman NERFINISHED
John Tillerman NERFINISHED
Liza Tillerman NERFINISHED
Maybeth Tillerman NERFINISHED
Olivia Tillerman NERFINISHED
Sammy Tillerman NERFINISHED
hasNotableAwardForSeries Newbery Medal for "Dicey’s Song" NERFINISHED
hasNotableHonorForSeries Newbery Honor for "A Solitary Blue"
hasProtagonist Dicey Tillerman NERFINISHED
hasTheme intergenerational trauma
search for home
sibling responsibility
languageOfWork English
narrativeFocusIn A Solitary Blue NERFINISHED
Come a Stranger NERFINISHED
Dicey’s Song NERFINISHED
Homecoming NERFINISHED
Seventeen Against the Dealer NERFINISHED
Sons from Afar NERFINISHED
The Runner NERFINISHED
publisherOfWorks Atheneum Books NERFINISHED
setInCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
setInRegion New England NERFINISHED
targetAudience adolescent readers
young adult readers
timePeriodOfSetting late 20th century

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