Homecoming is about four children whose parents abandon them, which leaves all the responsibility of thirteen-year-old Dicey, the oldest child.  In desperate search of someone who would take them in and love them, the Tillermans are obligated to travel across Connecticut by foot to reach their great aunt in Bridgeport, Connecticut.  This book is an exciting adventure for both girls and boys to read because the novel throws problems and surprises at the reader whenever you feel as if the plot is becoming dull. This book was easy to relate to because one of the main characters, Dicey, is my age and is going through the same issues that most teenagers deal with, and many more. This novel also makes me feel very fortunate to have a family that loves and supports me, because to these poor children, that is the most that they can hope for.