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Key Information
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| Authors: |
Patricia Reilly Giff |
| Narrator: |
Mia Dillon |
| Fiction Genre: |
Family & Relationships · History · Juvenile Fiction · Nature |
| Awards: |
1997 Horn Book Award |
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Professional Reviews
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Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books: "The sensitive characterizations are true to a ten-year-old point of view, and the personalities of Lily and Albert and even the distant Margaret are clearly presented....This is a fine piece of historical fiction that evokes a time and place without sacrificing or taking advantage of its characters' emotional lives." |
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Book Editions
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Format: Audio - Compact Disc
Publisher: Listening Library (May 10, 2005)
Measurements: 5"(h) x 5.75"(w) x 1.25"(d), 0.45 lbs.
ISBN: 9780307243225 |
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First Line
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Lily Mollahan's bedroom was at the top of the stairs, the only one on the second floor. "The top of the house," Gram always told her, "the top of the world." |
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Lily is looking forward to her upcoming summer vacation at the beach, but then World War II arrives, and everything changes. Her father goes overseas to fight, and Lily is left at home with her bossy grandmother. Her concern for her father's safety is made more difficult by the fact that her best summer friend is moving away, and the only kid in the neighborhood is Albert, a war refugee from Hungary. But just as things look bleakest, the two form an unlikely friendship. |
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