Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voght
Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
What do you do when you've been head-of-household for almost a year, and suddenly you're expected to do what you're told like a good little girl? And Dicey wasn't even old enough to wear a bra.
Dicey's mom left them, and Dicey had spent Book #1 of the series shepherding her three younger siblings from their home on the bay to an aunt a few states away. When the aunt turned out to be a bad fit for them - not a bad person, just not ready to take care of four little kids - she gathers them up and leaves, heading down the road, traveling a few more states, and hoping their last living relative - their grandma - will be willing to take care of them.
She took them in, and suddenly Dicey isn't in charge of figuring out how to pay for enough food to keep them alive for another few days. Or figuring out how to steal food at a picnic park. She doesn't have to keep them safe from cops and predators. She doesn't have to figure out how to wash their clothes when they don't have a dime for the washing machines. She doesn't have to figure out how to keep them safely together.
Suddenly, they don't need her anymore. What's she going to do? School is not exactly boring, but it's not life-and-death. She's too un- childlike to make friends, but maybe she can get a job? And contribute to her family's well-being, because that's her REAL job, she's been doing it for so long, it's hard to stop
Then she grows old enough to need a bra and learn about her period.
Life is tough, but Dicey is tougher.
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