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Other Versions of this Book: Audio CD (Unabridged), Hardcover, Audio Cassette (Unabridged), Paperback, Audio Cassette (Abridged)
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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.
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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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.
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this book i have put on is about a girl who moves for the war ans she does not know it yet but her dad has to go to war and lily is mad at her dad for going to war cause she had lots of stiff planed and he just said he had to go to war..
Lily will spend the summer in Rockaway, her family's summer house. The summer of 1844- World War II has changed everyone's life. Her best frind Margret has moved a way. And much worse, Lily's father is going overseas to the war.
Theres no one Lily's age in Rockaway, until Albert a refugee from Hungrary with a secret sewn into his coat. Albert has lost most of his family to the war. Soon they begin to form a friendship. Now they both have secrets to share. They both have told lies, and Lily has told one that may cost Albert his life.
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