Seventeen Against the Dealer (The Tillerman Series) [Import] [Paperback]

Cynthia Voigt (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 244 pages
• Publisher: Collins; New Ed edition (January 2, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0007100671
• ISBN-13: 978-0007100675
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #875,158 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

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.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A fitting end, April 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Seventeen Against the Dealer (The Tillerman Series #7) (Mass Market Paperback)

In all honesty, this book could be about the Tillermans starting a circus and I would still have enjoyed it. But it isn't, and Dicey's struggle to build boats and finish building herself and her relationships is exactly the way the series is supposed to end. This book lacks the sheer poetic beauty of A Solitary Blue or Homecoming, but anyone who remotely enjoyed any of the other books would find a visit to Seventeen... worthwhile. Yes, it gets bogged down in the details of boatbuilding, but it effectively demonstrates how most of us spend our adult lives bogged down in the details, always teetering on the edge of success or ruin. And its nice to see Dicey and Jeff still together, but maybe thats just me.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The final Tillerman saga, July 3, 2000

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This review is from: Seventeen Against the Dealer (The Tillerman Series #7) (Mass Market Paperback)

Cynthia Voight never ceases to amaze, in this closing book to the ongoing Tillerman saga. Dicey gets a hold of her life in this installment, but shows how growing older makes life less easy to control. I recommend this to anyone who has read the other Tillerman books and wants to finish it. I only wish it were longer, and gave the ending more room. Truly amazing in all aspects. It is just a good book.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!, May 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Seventeen Against the Dealer (The Tillerman Series #7) (Mass Market Paperback)

I have loved all the book in the Tillerman cycle for years. No one that I know reads them seriously, so I've never been able to find out: is Cisco really Francis Verricker, Dicey's father? I would reccommend this book to anyone, even someone that has not read the series. It is a beautiful story about learning that self reliance is not always the best path.