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Seventeen Against the Dealer (Library Binding)

by Cynthia Voigt (Author), Ruskin (Author) "DICEY? ..." (more)
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Dicey Tillerman, out of school and assuredly launching her own boat-building business, seems ready to face anything that comes her way. But the obstacles she faces so thoroughly immerse her in the work that she loses sight of other facets of her life and neglects her grandmother (who is ill), her boyfriend Jeff and the other Tillermans--Maybeth, James and Sammy--who are struggling with their own lives. Further, Dicey overlooks key details of running a business (having an insurance policy, understanding obligations to her potential clients) that seem minor at first, but effectively force her to close shop. She stacks the odds against herself, and must admit that she doesn't always have the answers. The last book in the Tillerman family cycle will work its way into readers' sensibilities like the roots of a long-nurtured plant that suddenly blooms; this novel is the sum of all those that have preceded it--just as quietly powerful, just as beautifully paced. That Dicey so believably paints herself into a corner and comes to terms with her own limitations in such a breathtakingly short period of time--over such ordinary events--makes this one of the season's truly accomplished novels. Ages 12-up.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Library Binding edition.


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Grade 8-12 This final volume about the Tillerman family is a finely-crafted novel about goals and values and about nurturing relationships rather than taking them for granted. Dicey is now 21, and she once again exhibits the single-minded determination that served her so well in Homecoming (1981) and Dicey's Song (1982, both Atheneum). Here, however, it also works to her disadvantage, for at this point in her life, she is also filled with youthful arrogance, foolish independence, and naivety. She has saved enough money to start a boatyard business, and she is fiercely determined to make a go of it. She makes serious business errors and lets herself be duped by a con artist. Throughout, her blinders keep her working to the point of exhaustion and obsession, all the while missing what is happening in her family and to her relationship with her boyfriend, Jeff. Between New Year's Day and Valentine's Day, Dicey follows her spiritual quest, finally realizing that while achieving one's goals is important, so too are family, knowledge, and personal growth. As Dicey becomes more involved in her work, family members fade from the pages, and readers are as isolated from them as Diceyuntil an emergency brings her back to reality. Descriptions are vivid; writing is in turn leisurely and clipped; characters spring to life, all revealing their own strengths and weaknesses. Stunning performavealing their own strengths and weaknesses. Stunning performances from all of the Tillermans. Trev Jones, "School Library Journal"
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Library Binding edition.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Ahh...okay., Jun 10 2002
By Alice Fielding "kangarunitarian" (Norman, OK USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seventeen Against the Dealer (Mass Market Paperback)
By now, the wonderfully three-dimensional characters such as Dicey and Jeff are beginning to wilt. I recommend this book to fans of Dicey because it is good to find out what happens, but this isn't a book worth reading more than two or three times. (the earlier ones in the series NEVER get old) It's too depressing, and the happy ending doesn't really make up for the depressing parts.

I've always been disappointed that Jeff Greene, who is possibly my favorite character in all of literary fiction, is never fleshed out beyond A Solitary Blue. The later Dicey books make him out to be some sort of young god. Kind of disappointing.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Another Winner, May 26 2002
By Beverly J. Scott "Author and avid reader" (Ankeny, IA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seventeen Against the Dealer (Mass Market Paperback)
Cynthia Voigt created a bestselling series with the Tillerman family that began with "Homecoming" and ended with this book "Seventeen against The Dealer." Voigt's talented use of action and realistic dialogue to move the story along keeps readers turning the pages and longing for more. I became a Dicey fan early on for her courage and her spunk. Dicey, the whole Tillerman clan make excellent role models for today's young.
I recommend this book to all the young and young at heart.

Beverly J Scott Author of Righteous Revenge

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5.0 out of 5 stars Better than I expected, Feb 11 2002
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This review is from: Seventeen Against the Dealer (Mass Market Paperback)
Seventeen Against the Dealer was much better than I expected. I read this book to do a report on, and it is very easy to understand, very easy reading. I was able to relate to each of the characters, especially Dicey and Maybeth. This book had something for almost everyone. A little suspence, a little adventure, and a little romance. If you are like me, I can picture a grandmother refusing to be taken to a doctor, eventhough she is near death. If you have read any of Voigt's books, read this one. It does get better after the 2nd chapter!
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5.0 out of 5 stars The final Tillerman saga
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... Read more
Published on Jul 3 2000 by Andrew O'Connor

4.0 out of 5 stars A fitting end
In all honesty, this book could be about the Tillermans starting a circus and I would still have enjoyed it. Read more
Published on April 8 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars A MUST For Homecoming Fans
Well written & developed! Seventeen Againist the Dealer by Cynthia Voigt is the last and final chapter of the Tillerman family "saga"... Read more
Published on Mar 10 2000 by K. Kelso

4.0 out of 5 stars Good from beginning to end!!
Jeff has to grow up dealing with the fact that he has no mother to live with after she ran away from him and left him with his father. Read more
Published on May 24 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars This is an excellent book showing the warmth of the family..
Seventeen Against The Dealer is a book which wraps up the unanswered questions in the previous six books. Read more
Published on May 21 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars This book is the continues the Tillerman Family novel
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Published on May 14 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!
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,... Read more
Published on May 5 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars This is a good book!
Seventeen against the Dealer is a great book. I read it twice in the last two months; it is so good. Read more
Published on Nov 3 1998

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