Here are the quotes I liked from Homecoming that didn’t go into separate posts:
Part One
Dicey felt a great weight settle on her shoulders. She tried to shrug it off, but it wouldn’t move.
– Page 11 (Chapter 1)
He took his time getting to her, as if he was sure she’d wait, sure of his own strength to hold her, even at that distance. He moved like he thought she was afraid of him, too afraid to run.
– Page 13 (Chapter 1)
Throughout the meal, Windy’s voice blew over them, smooth and steady. It didn’t matter what he was saying.
– Page 113 (Chapter 7)
Part Two
There could be no home for the Tillermans. Home free — Dicey would settle for a place to stay. Stay free.
– Page 205 (Chapter 1)
Out here, there was salt on the wind itself that fell on your skin like rain. You could taste it. Out here the sun heated and the wind cooled, and the waves sang their constant song.
– Page 244 (Chapter 3)
The No filled the whole air of the house. Every time she breathed in she breathed in that No.
– Page 362 (Chapter 10)
He was studying his grandmother, as if he was hungry too, but for something not food, hungry in a way that food could never fill.
– Page 386 (Chapter 12)
Version:
Hardcover, 400 pages
Published March 6th 2012 by Atheneum Books for Young Readers