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.
L'attraversamento di Lily Serie
Questa serie approfondisce le complessità dell'infanzia durante la guerra, dove giovani protagonisti affrontano la perdita, la paura e l'incertezza. I lettori seguono i loro viaggi attraverso tragedie personali e la scoperta di amicizie inaspettate che li aiutano a superare circostanze difficili. Le narrazioni esplorano la resilienza dello spirito umano e il potere della speranza in mezzo ai sconvolgimenti storici. È un'esplorazione toccante del coraggio e dei profondi legami che ci uniscono.


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