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Cynthia Voigt

Cynthia Voigt

Cynthia Voigt

Cynthia Voigt won the Newbery Medal for Dicey's Song and the Newbery Honor Award for A Solitary Blue, both part of the beloved Tillerman Cycle. She is also the author of many other celebrated books for middle-grade and teen readers, including Izzy, Willy-Nilly and Jackaroo. She was awarded the Margaret A. Edwards Award in 1995 for her work in literature, and the Katahdin Award in 2004. She lives in Maine.

Come a Stranger will be released on July 10, 2012 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback
about 20 hours ago
Sons from Afar will be released on July 10, 2012 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback
about 20 hours ago
The Runner will be released on July 10, 2012 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback
about 21 hours ago
Seventeen Against the Dealer will be released on July 10, 2012 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback
about 21 hours ago
Dicey's Song will be released on March 06, 2012 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback
Feb 11, 2012
A Solitary Blue will be released on March 06, 2012 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback
Feb 05, 2012
Homecoming will be released on March 06, 2012 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback
Feb 05, 2012
Izzy, Willy-Nilly is now available in eBook
May 11, 2010
Izzy, Willy-Nilly will be released on May 11, 2010 in eBook
May 11, 2010
Orfe will be released on May 11, 2009 in
May 11, 2009
Orfe is now available in
May 11, 2009
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Jackaroo has won an award
Feb 13, 2009
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Tree By Leaf has won an award
Jan 16, 2009
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Tree By Leaf has won an award
Jan 13, 2009
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Tree By Leaf has won an award
Jan 12, 2009
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Tree By Leaf has won an award
Jan 07, 2009

Authors on the Web

Kirkwood-Webster Groves Patch, February 9, 2012
...Thank you to Deb Barry, assistant director of Youth Services and Programs at Kirkwood Public Library , for submitting this article. Titles are linked to the library's catalog. Picture Books A Perfect Square  by Michael Hall.  Press Here  by...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 6, 2012
...Honors Okay for Now, written by Gary D. Schmidt and narrated by Lincoln Hoppe;  Young Fredle, written by Cynthia Voigt and narrated by Wendy Carter. Schwartz & Wade Caldecott Medal—A Ball for Daisy, illustrated and written by Chris Raschka. King...
Minneapolis Star Tribune, January 26, 2012
...Fredle" produced by Listening Library, an imprint of Random House Audio Publishing Group, Random House, Inc. (Written by Cynthia Voigt; Narrated by Wendy Carter) Sibert Medal "Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade"...
AlphaTrade Finance, January 25, 2012
..." produced by Listening Library, an imprint of Random House Audio Publishing Group, Random House, Inc., written by Cynthia Voigt and narrated by Wendy Carter. Pura Belpre (Illustrator) Award honoring a Latino writer and illustrator whose children's books...
KCOY 12, January 23, 2012
..." produced by Listening Library, an imprint of Random House Audio Publishing Group, Random House, Inc., written by Cynthia Voigt and narrated by Wendy Carter. Pura Belpre (Illustrator) Award honoring a Latino writer and illustrator whose children's books...
PublishersWeekly.com, January 23, 2012
...Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater, narrated by Steve West and Fiona Hardingham (Scholastic Audiobooks);and Young Fredle by Cynthia Voigt, narrated by Wendy Carter (Listening Library). The Andrew Carnegie Medal for excellence in children’s video went...
Christian Science Monitor, January 13, 2012
...prequel to "," the book prepares young readers for the epic trilogy that follows. 12.'Homecoming,' by Cynthia Voigt Thirteen-year-old Dicey Tillerman, already responsible beyond her years, is thrust into a position of leadership when she and her three...
Helen's Book Blog, October 7, 2011
...Title: What You Wish For: a book for DarfurAuthor: "Your favorite authors" Genre: YA Short Stories Pages: 254 Rating: 4 out of 5 Challenges:  FTC Disclosure: I was given this book by an editor at the publishing company and I am going to put it into my...
readergirlz, October 7, 2011
...Hugo Cabret by Brian SelznickThe Willoughbys by Lois LowryPeeps by Scott WesterfeldThe Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary PearsonIzzy Willy Nilly Jackaroo by Cynthia Voigt...
Books from Bleh to Basically Amazing, September 27, 2011
...want to go back and read it again to try and recapture that.#8- The Novels of a Kingdom by Cynthia Voigt: These four books (Jackaroo, On Fortunes Wheel, The Wings of a Falcon & Elske) are each amazing on their own (and can be read as standalone) but...
eclectic / eccentric, September 20, 2011
...For those of you who don't know, Bitch is a feminist pop culture magazine that everyone should subscribe to! They have created a list of the Top 100 Young Adult Books for the Feminist Reader, and I thought I would (finally) share it with you guys.As with...
Kindle Post US, June 28, 2011
...masterwork full of equal parts comedy and tragedy from Newbery honor-winner Gary D. Schmidt. 3. Young Fredle by Cynthia Voigt Award-winning author Cynthia Voigt crafts a novel about discovery, perspective, and the meaning of home--through the eyes of an...
Book Aunt, June 11, 2011
...and travel from England to Ireland remind me of Jack's journey. For that matter, try Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt, in which four children abandoned by their mentally ill mother in a parking lot travel cross-country in search of the grandmother they've...
Collecting Children's Books, June 2, 2011
...Back in 1983, when Cynthia Voigt won the Newbery Medal for DICEY'S SONG, she closed her acceptance speech with an anecdote about her young son announcing, "Mommy won the Blueberry Award!" A long time...