sentences:  In "Homecoming", the four Tillerman children search for a new home after they are abandoned by their emotionally ill mother.Dicey and her younger brothers and sister eventually settle in with their grandmother ("Gram") on a stark homestead in Crisfield, Maryland on the Chesapeake Bay.In "Dicey's Song", Dicey is confused about where she fits into the family now that Gram has taken over responsibility for the youngsters, but she soon learns that the family still needs her resourcefulness and solid good sense.