Cynthia Voigt Summary

Cynthia Voigt is an accomplished storyteller noted for her well-developed characters, interesting plots, and authentic atmosphere. In her novels for children and young adults, she examines such seriou... Read more

Critical Essay by Michele Slung Spunky heroines: I've lived my life since girlhood wanting to be one and to this day they remain my preferred characters in fiction. But, in reading these two n... Read more

Critical Essay by Ethel L. Heins Fluent but never terse, the author compounds the mystery [that is the center of The Callender Papers] with a multitude of details and digressions, some of which borde... Read more

Critical Essay by Gloria P. Rohmann Written in a purposefully detached style, early sections of [A Solitary Blue] read like a journalistic case-study of child neglect. The confrontation with [Jeff&#x... Read more

Critical Essay by Booklist An eastern college for women of high ability is the setting for [Tell Me If the Lovers Are Losers], an unusual teenage novel about three disparate freshmen who come togethe... Read more

Critical Essay by Zena Sutherland The strong characterization of Homecoming … to which [Dicey's Song is a sequel is one of the most trenchant facets again, in this story of the four chi... Read more