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Patricia Reilly Giff

Born

in Brooklyn, New York, The United States

April 26, 1935

Died

June 22, 2021

Genre

Children's

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Patricia Reilly Giff was the author of many beloved books for children, including the Kids of the Polk Street School books, the Friends and Amigos books, and the Polka Dot Private Eye books. Several of her novels for older readers have been chosen as ALA-ALSC Notable Books and ALA-YALSA Best Books for Young Adults. They include The Gift of the Pirate Queen; All the Way Home; Water Street; Nory Ryan's Song, a Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Golden Kite Honor Book for Fiction; and the Newbery Honor Books Lily's Crossing and Pictures of Hollis Woods. Lily's Crossing was also chosen as a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book. ...more

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Average rating: 3.93 · 94,262 ratings · 8,167 reviews · 212 distinct works • Similar authors

	Pictures of Hollis Woods 4.03 avg rating — 30,603 ratings — published 2002 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lily's Crossing 3.87 avg rating — 9,776 ratings — published 1997 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nory Ryan's Song (Nory Ryan, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 4,505 ratings — published 2000 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eleven 3.46 avg rating — 3,506 ratings — published 2008 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wild Girl 3.80 avg rating — 2,064 ratings — published 2009 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maggie's Door (Nory Ryan #2) 3.93 avg rating — 1,518 ratings — published 2003 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gingersnap 3.54 avg rating — 1,344 ratings — published 2013 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Water Street (Nory Ryan, #3) 3.91 avg rating — 1,170 ratings — published 2006 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A House of Tailors 3.96 avg rating — 1,121 ratings — published 2004 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Willow Run 3.75 avg rating — 1,092 ratings — published 2005 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Patricia Reilly Giff

Lily's Crossing (2 books)
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3.85 avg rating — 10,868 ratings

Nory Ryan (3 books)
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3.94 avg rating — 7,194 ratings

The Kids of the Polk Street School (16 books)
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3.61 avg rating — 2,198 ratings

The Polka Dot Private Eye (8 books)
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3.60 avg rating — 364 ratings

Zigzag Kids (8 books)
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3.45 avg rating — 299 ratings

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Quotes by Patricia Reilly Giff (?)

“Drawing is what you see of the world, truly see...And sometimes what you see is so deep in your head you're not even sure of what you're seeing. But when it's down there on paper, and you look at it, really look, you'll see the way things are...that's the world, isn't it? You have to keep looking to find the truth.”
― Patricia Reilly Giff, Pictures of Hollis Woods

tags: art

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“I told her that saying goodbye didn't matter, not a bit. What mattered were all the days you were together before that, all the things you remembered.”
― Patricia Reilly Giff, Lily's Crossing

tags: friendship, goodbye, memories, patricia-reilly-giff, war

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“I want to see children curled up with books, finding an awareness of themselves as they discover other people's thoughts.”
― Patricia Reilly Giff, Water Street

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Which book would you like to read in March?

The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen

62 votes, 30.1%

Die for Me by Amy Plum

57 votes, 27.7%

The Secret Circle: The Initiation and The Captive Part I by L.J. Smith

23 votes, 11.2%

The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon

18 votes, 8.7%

Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta

14 votes, 6.8%

Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff

13 votes, 6.3%

The Key by Jennifer Anne Davis

12 votes, 5.8%

When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt

5 votes, 2.4%

The Drama Unfolds by Andrea M. Kulman

2 votes, 1.0%

Jaguar Sun by Martha Bourke

0 votes, 0.0%

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