Patricia Reilly Giff

Rosie is thrilled when Miss Deirdre chooses Cinderella as the class ballet. Rosie knows the performance will make the perfect birthday present for her grandfather. But he's planning to go to England! Can Rosie convince him to stay?"Fans of Giff's 'Kids of the Polk...

SEWING NO ONE could hate it more than Dina Kirk. Endless tiny stitches, button holes, darts. Since she was tiny, she's worked in her family's dressmaking business, where the sewing machine is a cranky member of the family. When 13-year-old Dina leaves her small...

A heart-wrenching novel in verse about a poor girl surviving the Irish Land Wars, by a two-time Newbery Honor-winning author. For Anna, the family farm has always been home... But now, things are changing. Anna's mother has died, and her older siblings have emigrated,...

It's August 1941, and Brick and Mariel both love the Brooklyn Dodgers. Brick listens to their games on the radio in Windy Hill, in upstate New York, where his family has an apple orchard; Mariel, once a polio patient in the hospital in Windy...

A missing animal at the zoo and strange noises coming from her backyard can mean only one thing for Tori: she's got a mystery to solve! Tori loves living on Zoo Lane with her family. Who else gets to live at a zoo--and with...

Mitchell really doesn't want to go camping with the other kids at the Zigzag Afternoon Center. Sleeping in the woods with creepy crawly things, coyotes, and bears? Yikes But his best friend Habib is going, and it's Mitchell's birthday that weekend. He's just got...

The author of the beloved Kids of the Polk Street School series introduces a new generation of readers to a multicultural group of kids who enjoy all the activities of an after-school center. It's Discovery Week at the Zigzag Afternoon Center Everyone writes their...

Each student in Ms. Rooney's room celebrates the December holidays by being a secret pal to a classmate.Author: Patricia Reilly GiffISBN-10: 0440417953ISBN-13: 9780440417958Publisher: Rh Childrens BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/16/1997Pages: 80Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.13lbsSize: 7.66h x 5.18w x 0.30dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 2.7Point Value: 1Interest Level: Lower GradeQuiz...

Sam must solve the mystery of who he really is. Sam is almost 11 when he discovers a locked box in the attic above his grandfather Mack's room, and a piece of paper that says he was kidnapped. There are lots of other words,...

Ms. Rooney asks her students to make New Year's resolutions and Emily promises -to do better---at everything. But can she keep such a challenging resolution?Author: Patricia Reilly GiffISBN-10: 0440403693ISBN-13: 9780440403692Publisher: Yearling BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/1990Pages: 80Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.13lbsSize: 7.76h x 5.18w x 0.21dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level:...

Emily Arrow may be a poor reader, but she's terrific in math and is also the fastest runner in her class. In October school gets even better when a newcomer from Florida, Dawn Tiffanie Bosco, joins the class and sits next to her. When...

When Charlie hears that special buzz in his head, he knows it means one thing: an idea for a new invention. But Charlie's ideas tend to backfire--such as the flying feet that don't really fly. If only Charlie could make his inventions work, people...

Cassandra Eleanor Valentine searches for a way to become a celebrity in her school.Author: Patricia Reilly GiffISBN-10: 0440426766ISBN-13: 9780440426769Publisher: Yearling BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/02/1989Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 7.50h x 5.10w x 0.40dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5.6Point Value: 3Interest Level: Middle GradeQuiz #/Name: 5416 / Fourth-Grade Celebrity

In this companion to the Newbery Honor-winning Lily's Crossing, thirteen-year-old Genevieve risks everything to defy the Nazis and join the French Resistance. Winner of the Christopher Award It's not always thinking of being happy. Doing the right thing will make you happy. Despite the...

It's 1944, W.W. II is raging. Jayna's big brother Rob is her only family. When Rob is called to duty on a destroyer, Jayna is left in their small town in upstate New York with their cranky landlady. But right before he leaves, Rob...

It's the first day back to school after winter vacation, and Richard Best is off to a bad start. Who ever heard of a January without any snow? And as usual, he has already forgotten something--the ruler Ms. Rooney had told him to bring...

Two young Americans must evade capture by Axis soldiers--and outlast the brutal Alaskan winter--in this thrilling historical novel which shines a light on a little-known facet of World War II. Fourteen-year-old Matt never wanted to come to the remote Aleutian Islands--he was dragged here...

Two young Americans must evade capture by Axis soldiers--and outlast the brutal Alaskan winter--in this thrilling historical novel which shines a light on a little-known facet of World War II. Fourteen-year-old Matt never wanted to come to the remote Aleutian Islands--he was dragged here...

Newbery Honor-winning author Patricia Reilly Giff writes a tender, timeless story about a girl who stopped speaking long ago, and how she finds her way back to her voice. For fans of Listening for Lucca, Fish in a Tree, The Rules, and Mockingbird. Judith...

March is the worst month for Richard Best: it's report card time, and if he doesn't get good grades he might be left back again.Author: Patricia Reilly GiffISBN-10: 0440446406ISBN-13: 9780440446408Publisher: Yearling BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/1985Pages: 80Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.14lbsSize: 7.60h x 5.10w x 0.20dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level:...

When Lily meets Albert, a refugee from Hungary, during the summer of 1944, they begin a special friendship. However, Lily and Albert have both told lies, and Lily has told a lie that may cost Albert his life.Author: Patricia Reilly Giff, Reilly GiffISBN-10: 0780792971ISBN-13:...

This "brilliantly told" (New York Times) Newbery Honor Book gives readers a sense of what it was like to be on the American home front while our soldiers were away fighting in World War II. As in past years, Lily will spend the summer...

We will dance on the cliffs of Brooklyn. Maggie's Door is the story of the journey from Ireland to America told by both Nory and her neighbor and friend Sean Red Mallon, two different stories with the same destination--the home of Nory's sister Maggie,...

Solve mysteries at a city zoo with a diverse group of kids in this illustrated chapter book from a two-time Newbery Honor author. Lions and tigers for neighbors? That doesn't bother Luke at all. It's making new friends that scares him. Not only has...

Solve mysteries at the city zoo with a diverse group of kids in this illustrated chapter book from a two-time Newbery Honor author. Lions and tigers for neighbors? That doesn't bother Luke at all. It's making new friends that scares him. Not only has...

Nory Ryan's family has lived on Maidin Bay on the west coast of Ireland for generations, raising a pig and a few chickens, planting potatoes, getting by. Every year Nory's father goes away on a fishing boat and returns with the rent money for...

The author of the beloved Kids of the Polk Street School series introduces a new generation of readers to a multicultural group of kids who enjoy all the activities of an after-school center. I'M #1 That's what Mitchell McCabe's favorite T-shirt says. He'd like...

It's August, and Emily has big plans at the library. She's going to read lots of books and tack a paper fish next to her name for each one. Then Dawn Bosco says she can read more books than Emily. Not only that, both...

This Newbery Honor book about a girl who has never known family fighting for her first true home "will leave readers . . . satisfied" (Kirkus Reviews). Hollis Woods is the place where a baby was abandoned is the baby's name is an artist...

Rachel, Cassie, and Joey live in the city with their Pop, until Pop's search for work lands the family on a run down farm. Dreamy Rachel loves to read, and doesn't know much about the country. Times are hard there, too--the school and library...

Hurray, it's June The last month of school Emily Arrow and the other children in Ms. Rooney's room are excited about the class picnic at the park. Mrs. Stewart, the student teacher, is even going to take class pictures. But Emily's worried. She wants...

Charlie has lots of ideas. Need something to go sky high? Ah-ha The zinger-winger Need to launch a cheese popper into soup? The amazing popper-upper But the zinger-winger zings more than wings and the popper-upper plops. Charlie isn't allowed to invent for a week....

Jill has long arms and strong hands. And when it comes to playing soccer, she knows how to use her head!Author: Patricia Reilly GiffISBN-10: 0152065652ISBN-13: 9780152065652Publisher: Clarion BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2008Pages: 24Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.15lbsSize: 8.50h x 6.00w x 0.10dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 1Point Value: 0.5Interest Level:...

In the fourth book in the Zigzag Kids series, it's showtime at the Zelda A. Zigzag Afternoon Center. Gina loves to sing and she's determined to be the star of the play. She's already told everybody she knows to come see her. But her...

Elizabeth is drawn into a dramatic story from the American Revolution when she discovers a portrait of her ancestor, a girl called Zee, who has a striking resemblance to Elizabeth. The girls' lives intertwine and Elizabeth's present-day story alternates with Zee's. As Elizabeth learns...

This week the kids at the Zigzag Afternoon Center are being creative, and trying new things. But that's not so easy for Destiny. All of her ideas turn into disasters--until she finds out what a good poet she is. The sixth book in award-winning...

It's September again.What does it mean for Richard " Beast" Best to be left back? It means being teased by his old friends while he's stuck facing the same old teacher in the same old classroom. He even has to take a special reading...

It's almost Thanksgiving, and Richard Best can't stop thinking about Ms. Rooney's Candy Corn contest. Whoever can guess the exact number of yellow-and-orange candies in the jar on Ms. Roney's desk gets to keep them all. The only problem is Richard has to read...

Newbery Honor-winning author Patricia Reilly Giff tells a vivid, contemporary story about a remarkable boy who risks everything for his family and a bold girl who helps him. At home in Mexico, Mateo knows where he belongs: with Mami, Abuelita, little brother Lucas, and...

Brooklyn, 1875: Bird Mallon lives on Water Street where you can see the huge towers of the bridge to Manhattan being built. Bird wants nothing more in life than to be brave enough to be a healer, like her mother, Nory, to help her...

Lidie lives in Brazil, where she rides, a wild girl dreaming of going to live with her father, Pai, and older brother, Rafael, in New York City. Pai runs a stable at a famous race track. Since her mother died long ago, Lidie has...

Meggie Dillon's life has been turned upside down by World War II. Meggie's father has announced that they must help the war effort andmove to Willow Run, Michigan, where he'll work nights in a factory building important war planes that will help fight the...

Sirens A scary sound, especially to Siria, whose brave pop is a firefighter. Siria loves everyone at Pop's city firehouse. She also loves to study the stars. Her mother named her after the brightest start in the winter sky. When Siria hears sirens, she...

A broken fence and an animal on the loose take center stage in book three of the series by a two-time Newbery Honor winning author. Alex loves living on Zoo Lane, especially because he gets to visit his favorite animal in the world: the...

The Zigzag Zebras have been challenged by the Timpanzi School Tigers to a race. They'll have to practice hard. Too bad Gina is a better opera singer than a runner. Ramon has them running all over--in the schoolyard, down Stone Street, back into the...