| Lily's Crossing Contributor(s): Giff, Patricia Reilly (Author) |
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ISBN: 0440414539 ISBN-13: 9780440414537 Publisher: Yearling Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1999 Annotation: Author Patricia Reilly Giff's Newbery Honor-winning Lily's Crossing is now available for the first time in paperback! Every summer Lily and her father go to her family's house in Rockaway, near the Atlantic Ocean. But the summer of 1944 is different. World War II has called Lily's father overseas, Lily's best friend Margaret had to move with her family to a wartime factory town, and Lily is forced to live with her grandmother. But then a boy named Albert, a refugee from Hungary, comes to live in Rockaway. He has lost most of his family to the war. Soon he and Lily form a special friendship, and they have secrets to share. But they have both told lies, and Lily's lie may cost Albert his life. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2005285142 |
| Lexile Measure: 720 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.25" W x 7.75" (0.31 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Chronological Period - 1940's - Topical - Friendship |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 17781 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This "brilliantly told" (New York Times) Newbery Honor Book gives readers a sense of what it was like to be on the American home front while our soldiers were away fighting in World War II. As in past years, Lily will spend the summer in Rockaway, in her family's summer house by the Atlantic Ocean. But this summer of 1944, World War II has changed everyone's life. Lily's best friend, Margaret, has moved to a wartime factory town, and, much worse, Lily's father is going overseas to the war. There's no one Lily's age in Rockaway until the arrival of Albert, a refugee from Hungary with a secret sewn into his coat. Albert has lost most of his family in the war; he's been through things Lily can't imagine. But soon they form a special friendship. Now Lily and Albert have secrets to share: They both have told lies, and Lily has told one that may cost Albert his life. |