num_pages: 181
description: 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.
language: English
title: Lily's Crossing
titlecomplete: Lily's Crossing
genres: Historical, World War II, Childrens, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, War, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 9361
places: Queens, New York, New York (State), New York City, New York
series: Lily's Crossing
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Audie Award
category: Children's Titles, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Yearling