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Lily's Crossing Paperback - 1999
by Giff, Patricia Reilly
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
As in years past, Lily will spend the summer in Rockaway, in her family's 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 Lily's father is going overseas to the war. There's no one Lily's age in Rockaway until Albert comes, a refugee from Hungary with a secret sewn into his coat. Albert has lost his family in the war; he's been through things Lily can't imagine. But soon they form a friendship. They have secrets to share. They both have told lies, and Lily has told a lie that may cost Albert his life. An ALA Notable Book and a "Boston Globe-Horn Book" Honor Book.
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- Title Lily's Crossing
- Author Giff, Patricia Reilly
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 208
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Yearling, New York
- Date 1999-01-12
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0440414539-3-13716880
- ISBN 9780440414537 / 0440414539
- Weight 0.31 lbs (0.14 kg)
- Dimensions 7.75 x 5.25 x 0.56 in (19.69 x 13.34 x 1.42 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 720
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Theometrics: Secular
- Topical: Friendship
- Library of Congress subjects Friendship, Refugees
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005285142
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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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.
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- Publishers Weekly, 01/04/1999, Page 0