Seventeen Against the Dealer
Dicey Tillerman has big dreams. She's started a boatbuilding business, and she is 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 all over again. 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.
About the Tillerman Cycle Series
Books in series order
- 1.Homecoming(1981)
- 2.Dicey's Song(1982)
- 3.A Solitary Blue(1983)
- 4.The Runner(1985)
- 5.Come a Stranger(1986)
- 6.Sons from Afar(1987)
- 7.Seventeen Against the Dealer(1989)
Reading age: 11+ years
This series should be read in order.
It's still true . . .
That's the first thing James Tillerman says to his sister Dicey every morning. It's still true that their mother has abandoned the four Tillerman children somewhere in the middle of Connecticut. It's still true they have to find their way, somehow, to Great-aunt Cilla's house in Bridgeport, which may be their only hope of staying together as a family.
With just eleven dollars to their name, the children—aged between six and thirteen—set off on a journey across America towards an uncertain future. Will their resourcefulness and their love for one another be enough to survive? This celebrated series by Newbery award-winning author Cynthia Voigt is heartfelt, shocking and thoroughly engrossing.
A Note on the Reading Order:
The only book to have a definite reading order is the first, Homecoming, as the narratives of the other books overlap. Dicey's Song, A Solitary Blue, and Come a Stranger are the most interlocked and can be read in any order following Homecoming and before Sons from Afar and Seventeen Against the Dealer. The Runner is a stand-alone prequel, the events of which take place approximately ten years before Homecoming.