Presenting Cynthia Voigt /

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Reid, Suzanne Elizabeth. Presenting Cynthia Voigt / Suzanne Elizabeth Reid. - New York : London : Twayne Publishers ; Prentice Hall International, c1995.
xv, 133 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - (Twayne's United States authors series ; Young adult authors TUSAS 643.) Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Content notes : 1. Cynthia Voigt: Adventurer Beneath the Surface -- 2. Looking Beneath the Tip of the Iceberg: Defining the Self (The Callender Papers, Tell Me If the Lovers Are Losers) -- 3. Reaching Out, Holding On, and Letting Go: Self-Development in Cynthia Voigt's Tillerman Series (Homecoming, Dicey's Song, A Solitary Blue, The Runner, Come a Stranger, Sons from Afar, Seventeen Against the Dealer) -- 4. Learning to Live: Ways of Knowing (Izzy, Willy-Nilly, Building Blocks, Tree by Leaf, The Vandemark Mummy) -- 5. Heroic Ventures (Jackaroo, On Fortune's Wheel, The Wings of a Falcon) -- 6. Daring to Live Authentically (David and Jonathan, Glass Mountain, Orfe, When She Hollers) -- 7. Voigt's Essential Ideas: A Thematic Overview. 0805782192 (alk. paper) 9780805782196 (alk. paper) * Voigt, Cynthia - Criticism and interpretation. Voight, Cynthia. Voigt, Cynthia * Young adult fiction, American - History and criticism. Youth - Books and reading - History - 20th century. - United States American literature - History and criticism. * English fiction United States * Series