Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Lily's Crossing
Book Review: Very Realistic Story!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I just got finished reading this book, and overall, I thought it was excellent!Lily Mollahan (the main character of the book), her grandmother (also know as Gram), and her father (also know as Poppy) go to their beach house in Rockaway, New York, each summer for a vacation.Well...the year is 1944, and World War 2 is going on. Lily's best friend, Margaret, is leaving Rockaway because her dad and family has to move to Detroit to build airplane parts for the war. So Lily has no one to play with this summer. Poppy comes for a visit, and tells Gram and Lily he will be attending the war. Lily becomes evn more sad. Soon, Lily hears about a boy that is living at the Orban's house (Lily's neighbors)her age named Albert who is a Hungarian refugee. Albert's sister, Ruth, is still stuck in France and has no way to get over to Rockaway. Soon, Lily and Albert become best friends. Lily teaches Albert to swim and teaches and corrects him on his broken English. Albert wants to go back to France to get Ruth, so Lily tells a lie, while Albert has no idea it is not true. Lily has a very big problem with lying. Lily has fun with Albert, but is still sad about Poppy leaving. The book has a very good, happy outcome.
The author really lets the reader become very close to the characters. This is a great piece of historical fiction that is a very fast read.
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Book Review: Walk Two Moons
Summary: 5 Stars
Salamanca Tree Hiddle,or Sal, was journey to find her mother, accompaied by her grandparnts. When they insisted on a story, ahe told them about her best friend,Pheobe Winterbottom and the lunitic. But behind Phoebe's story of her lost mother there is Sal's story about her own lost mother and the "red-headed Margret."Sal finds this cartrip the opputernity to reunite with her missing mother,dispite the fact that she is "fishing in the air."I like this book because it show the connections of Sal and Pheobe. The important part is that their simillarities bring them togerther as good friends. They do the same acts as each girl loses their mothers. Ms. Sharon Creech is talented in putting a story in another simillar story.
My favorite part is when Sal first meets Pheobe. Pheobe had walked up to Sal saying that she was brave. Sal slowly becomes part of Pheobe's life and consence. They work together to find their mothers.
Book Review: What a beautiful book
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is a selection for a young girl's reading group, ages 9 and up. The story is set in 1944 on Rockaway Beach. Lily goes to Rockaway every summer but this summer there is a war and things will change, and some things will change forever. Lily is likeable and fun and clever. Her only friend at Rockaway is going to be gone that summer, and in her place the only other person Lily's age is a young Hungarian boy named Albert.
Lily and Albert's friendship is quite beautiful and that is where the story held me captive. THey forge a bond in te worst of times over some very serious events in their lives and the world. It's a story about friendship, war, love, lies, bravery and hope.
Book Review: Wonderful book!
Summary: 5 Stars
Patricia Reilly Giff's Lily's Crossing is a very detailed book about a girl living during W.W.II with her grandmother in Rockaway, New York. Her father has to go over seas to fight in the war, lily has lost her mom, and her best friend Margaret moves to a town where her father has to build bombs for the war. Just when Lily thinks her summer is ruined, she is introduced to a young man named Albert from Hungary, who comes to spend his summer in Rockaway. Albert has lost many family members. Albert and Lily don't start off very well, but they find out that they have a lot in common. They teach each other to do things they never thought they could do.
I loved the relationship between Lily's family members and friends. If I had to rate this book I would give it a five out of five. This is probably the most detailed book I have ever read. This book is very realistic and in many paragraphs I can picture myself in Lily's shoes. I would recommend this book to readers of all ages.
Book Review: great book!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the best books that I have ever read and believe me I have read alot of books. This book helps you see that people can make friends and that even if people are away they still are in your hearts. I think that is an awesome concept to a book and that alot of people should read it.