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Lily's Crossing
Lily's Crossing
Author: Patricia Reilly Giff
This year, as in other years, Lily has planned a spectacular summer in Rockaway, in her family's cozy house on stilts over the Atlantic Ocean. But by the summer of 1944, World War II has changed almost everyone's life. Lily's best friend, Margaret, and her family have moved to a wartime factory town, and worse, much worse, Lily's father is on hi...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780786261895
ISBN-10: 0786261897
Publication Date: 11/2/2003
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Book Type: Paperback
Large Print: Yes
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Helpful Score: 3
Good book for older elementary school age. Takes place during WWII and many of the problems will be very recognizable to American children now facing problems caused by war in another country.
annapi avatar reviewed Lily's Crossing on + 334 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I was a little disappointed to find this a rather bland story and one that lacked direction, especially since it was a Newbery Honor. It felt simply like a collage of scenes pasted together of a young motherless American girl's summer during World War II, when her father is called to the war effort and she is left with a grandmother she does not get along with. She befriends her neighbor's nephew, a refugee from Hungary, who is determined to get his young sister back from France where he was forced to leave her behind when she became ill during their escape. While it showed an interesting point of view of the war, both the story and characters lacked substance to me.
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Such a wonderfully written book!
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1997 Boston Globe Horn Book Honor Book. Newbery Honor Book During a summer spent at Rockaway Beach in 1944, Lily's friendship with a young Hungarian refugee causes her to see war and her own world differently. Great gift book. Great story!
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Lily's blissful summer of 1944 comes to a rude halt when her father is drafted into the military. Left alone with her grandmother in the family's summer home in Rockaway, New York, Lily befriends Albert, a shy Hungarian refugee her own age. Narrator Mia Dillon convincingly conveys the emotional complexity of both children, capturing the urgency and doubt that arise from Lily's internal dialogue and providing a sensitive portrayal of Albert, complete with Hungarian accent. Albert's tentativeness and sorrow are apparent to the listener long before Lily can fully understand his painful experiences in war-torn Europe.

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