Homecoming

I've just recently read Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt. As I as looking to find a children's book to read for thi class I was really coming up rather empty-handed. I realize that there are millions to choose from but I just really wanted something of content and that I would be interested in. As I began to think it over I realized that I loved to read the entire time I was growing up and why not try and remember some of the books I enjoyed and find them to reread. I started with this one because it was my absolute favorite when I was growing up. I cannot even begin to count how many times I read it as a child. Now, though, as I read it so many years later, I began to see why so many children's books appeal to adults also. I realized that many of the topics that interested me as a child still interest me today, although my perspective is radically different. With the knowledge I've acquired over the years scenes such as the mother leaving the children in the mall parking lot affect me quite differently. Overall, I still love this book, and I think reading it was a good start to what will come to not only alter my perspective of some books I knew as a child, but to discover many works of literature I seem to have forgotten about.