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Original Title:	Lily's Crossing
ISBN:	0440414539 (ISBN13: 9780440414537)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Rockaway, Queens, New York,1944(United States)
Literary Awards:	Newbery Medal Nominee (1998), Audie Award for Children's Titles (1999), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (1999)

Lily's Crossing Paperback | Pages: 181 pages

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Title	:	Lily's Crossing
Author	:	Patricia Reilly Giff
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 181 pages
Published	:	January 12th 1999 by Yearling Books (first published January 1st 1997)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Fiction

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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.

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This is a wonderful story set in the mid-40s just towards the end of World War II. Lily is a young girl with a huge imagination and a bad habit of lying. Her mother died when she was little and she is being raised by her father and her grandmother. For a girl in America, the war seems far away and doesn't affect her until her father joins the army and is shipped overseas. When she meets Albert, a refugee from Hungary, she learns first hand how war can affect a family. I love how the author

Listening to the audio at lunch times. CC2 World Wars study. My mom has already listened to this and really liked it...krb 3/2/17Good audio. Ellie and Mom rates 3 1/2 stars. Seeing the war through the eyes of children and the effects it had on them...krb 3/13/17

I really enjoyed this coming of age story that explored the relationships with family and friends, told from the point of view of a 11 year old girl during World War II. I thought that the character development was excellent. Sometimes the plot moved a little slowly, but it really picked up towards the end and ended beautifully and emotionally. I would recommend this book to children aged 10 and up. I will definitely use this book when I do historical fiction book clubs with my students.

I was disappointed with this. Having enjoyed a number of Patricia Reilly Giff's other books and this being a Newbery Award winner, I was hoping it would be great. It was just ok. The main character is difficult to like - she is a liar and a disrespectful brat. She does mature some over the books but not as much as I would like. Also, the word "damn" is used several times. Because she has been looking forward to it so long, I am letting my 10 year old read it for school as part of our WWII

I read this with my pre-teen daughter. It offered a good opportunity to share a world that she wasn't familiar with (neither am I!) revolving around world war, fear of loss, black-outs, etc. A sweet story involving unexpected friendship and personal growth.

Listening to the audio at lunch times. CC2 World Wars study. My mom has already listened to this and really liked it...krb 3/2/17Good audio. Ellie and Mom rates 3 1/2 stars. Seeing the war through the eyes of children and the effects it had on them...krb 3/13/17

Madisen loaned it to me because I had nothing else to read!