Using Cynthia Voigt's Homecoming in a Classroom or at Home

Homecoming is the first book in a seven-book series of books written by Cynthia Voigt about the Tillerman family. The four Tillerman children are deserted by their mother in a car in a parking lot and the book deals with how the four children survive until they find a new home with their grandmother. This is an important series of books because it deals with issues that are so terribly important today. Homelessness, family dysfunction, mental illness, all are things we need to bring to the attention of our students if we want them to develop emotional intelligence and help us to try and deal with one of the central problems affecting society today.