On Homecoming By Cynthia VoigtThe 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. Reportedly, Cynthia Voigt got the idea for Homecoming after looking one day at some kids in a supermarket parking lot, and wondering what would happen if their parents never came back to the car for them. 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.