The Werewolf series of essays on classic children’s books focusses this week on Cynthia Voigt’s great story of a young girl’s resourcefulness, against the odds. Voigt wrote all of these books in a burst of creativity from the early 1980s onwards. In 1989, she wisely left the 21 year old Dicey and the rest of the Tillermans to their own devices, and moved on. Homecoming put her on the map and Dicey’s Song won the Newberry Medal for excellence in children’s literature in 1983. The Wider StoryIn the subsequent books, Dicey develops friends beyond her immediate family.