Lily's Crossing

    

Lily is in for the surprise of her life. A boy from Hungary! Lily’s Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff, is the story about Lily, a 5^th grade girl during the summer, meeting a boy named Albert, from Hungary. They go on many adventures with each other; including saving a few week old kitten that was tossed into the ocean on the Eastern beach of America, called Rockaway. That moment when Lily dove in to save the kitten was the moment they became friends. But lies set the two friends apart, especially one that Lily tells: Someday Albert, you and I are going to row out into the night and get close to the ships going to Europe. Then we’ll swim the last couple feet onto the boat. And you can get Ruth, your sister and I can get Poppy. At the end Albert tries to see the ships and almost gets killed. Lily saves him and they part for the end of summer. They meet back together at the end of the book. Lily’s character traits are brave and naughty because she saved Albert.

I liked the book because it is a young American girl's perspective of the war and its effect on her personal friendship with Albert.

Pages: 180