Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff Summary and Reviews

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Book Review: lillys crossing
Summary: 5 Stars

It's the summer of 1944 and World War II is it the fighting brink. This is a wonderful story called LILLYS CROSSING. The author, Patricia Reilly Giff, who also wrote Nory Ryan's Song, comes to bring you a great story. Lilly's Crossing won a Newbary honor award. This historical fiction story will touch your heart.

Lilly lives in Auburn New York and every summer goes to Rockaway. To meet her best friend Margaret moves to Chicago where her father is going to build airplane parts. The war has made Lilly's life hectic and she is left to have a summer on her own. Lilly's neighbors are taking care of a child who is there Hungarian nephew, Albert. He is Lilly's age and seems to be the only person she can befriend.

Then some horrible news comes poppy must go over seas. Yes Lilly's father must join the war. Lilly is to fed up to say goodbye and she might have to regret this forever. After spying on Albert she sees he's not to bad. Albert and Lilly become thick as thieves and seem to be made for each other. Lilly has a small problem; she's a LIAR most are little white lies but this one isn't. She tells Albert " We can swim all the way to Europe" and he's ready to swim.

The New York native Patricia Reilly Giff makes this a great read. The believable characters and plot will keep you flipping the pages

Book Review: Lilys crossing
Summary: 3 Stars

This book really brought you into war scared Rockaway, New York. The story tells how Lily goes to her summer home in rock away only to discover how much war has changed it. Only to discover how much the war really changed it.
Lily is a "last seat last row kid" in school, and she "every second. And she can't wait to go to Rockaway to get away from school, and the piano and cant wait to start sneaking into movies with her best friend Margaret. But then things go from good to bad, when her dad announces that they are taking the piano to Rockaway Lily smiles and pretends that she is ecstatic. But things go from bad to worse when Margaret tells Lily she's going to move till the end of the war (WW II.) Will Lilys summer improve read the book to find out!
This author also wrote more than 30 books, including Pictures of Hollis Woods, Nory Ryons song, and the Kinds of Polk Street School Series. Out did her self with this beautifully crafted realistically, historical book. Telling of the theme, friends consist of love, kindness and caring. If you want to find out about this theme or want to know how lily spends the summer you have to read Lilys Crossing

Book Review: Lily's Crossing
Summary: 4 Stars

Reading this book made me feel as if I were in Lily's place having nothing to do waiting for Poppy to come home then having the only person to do stuff with is Albert. The believable characters seem as if they're right in front of me as if I was watching.

This story is a great historical fiction in which you could see the life of a child in 1944. If you want to find out what happens to lily and Albert you should read the story "lily's crossing".

The author was a reading teacher for 20 years. She has won a Newberry honor award for Lily's Crossing. Lives in Weston, Connecticut.

Book Review: Lily's Crossing
Summary: 5 Stars

Lily's Crossing

The book that I read was called Lily's Crossing. It was 1944, and World War 2 has brought chaos to a family who lives in Rockaway New York. Lily, the main character, father is going to the war and everyone is very anxious for him to come back. Will father come back? The author Patricia Reilly Giff gives the reader suspense with lots of questions. Will father get back okay? Read the book and find out.
In this book, the theme maybe be " Friends consist of love, care, and kindness" My evidence to this theme is Lily met a friend Albert which she thought she would hate but she really met him and he was one of the best friends she ever had.
Put aside all the suspense and post-its your going to have. The one thing I noticed when I looked at the book was the "Newberry Honor Award" This award was given to these books in 1921 and has come to represent the beset in children's literature. So there's no way this can be a good book for the soul.
Giffs well writing and imagination makes these characters have had. Personally, I had so many connections with this book that it made me feel like Lily was my very own sister. For example, Lily has a hard time meeting friends and so do I. This book teaches you a good lesson how to get to know people in their own special ways.
Patricia Reilly Giff, started out wanting to write stories by just picking up a book for the first time. She says, " I thought it must be a marvelous thing to just print the pages." You can tell she had a dream from the very start. Patricia's education includes a B.A degree from Marymount Collect, an MA from St.Johns University, and a Diploma in Reading and Doctorate of Humane Letters from Hofstra. All of Patricia writing comes from her experiences or stories she has heard. When Patricia was young her favorite books included Little Women, The Secret Garden, the Black Sue Barton books, and finally the Nancy Drew Books. Hopefully Patricia books will b
e one of your favorite series. In order it to be you have to read it first!

Book Review: Great
Summary: 5 Stars