I read this book many many times during high school & at least once a year for a couple of years. I have now not read for a long time & it's one of many books I am adding to my TBR (again) pile after registering them. This version was published in 1985 & is a little worse for wear.
.
Blurb:
.
Home. It sounded so good after the long summer of travelling with James, Sammy and Maybeth in tow. Dicey felt worn out, but happy. Life with eccentric Gran would doubtless present new worriessss, but she'd manage, and there was always the boat, the prize she'd set herself for leading them all from nowhere to somewhere.
Homecoming, the story of Dicey's long journey.
*

for about six years after. I have now not