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All the Way Home
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 Hill, lives in Brooklyn near the Dodgers’ home, Ebbets Field. She was adopted by Loretta, a nurse at the hospital, and has never know...more
Paperback, 176 pages
Published
April 8th 2003
by Yearling
(first published October 9th 2001)
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gr 4-6 168 pgs
1941 Windy Hill, NY and Brooklyn. The story alternates between Brick and Muriel both of whom have suffered tragic events. The apple orchards of Brick's family and of his neighbor Claude were badly damaged by lightning. Muriel contracted polio when she was four years old and has never known her mother. Muriel was adopted by a nurse Loretta and loves her, but longs to know about her past. When Brick is sent to live with Loretta, a friend of Brick's mother, he is determined to return...more
1941 Windy Hill, NY and Brooklyn. The story alternates between Brick and Muriel both of whom have suffered tragic events. The apple orchards of Brick's family and of his neighbor Claude were badly damaged by lightning. Muriel contracted polio when she was four years old and has never known her mother. Muriel was adopted by a nurse Loretta and loves her, but longs to know about her past. When Brick is sent to live with Loretta, a friend of Brick's mother, he is determined to return...more
gr 4-6 168 pgs
1941 Windy Hill, NY and Brooklyn. The story alternates between Brick and Muriel both of whom have suffered tragic events. The apple orchards of Brick's family and of his neighbor Claude were badly damaged by lightning. Muriel contracted polio when she was four years old and has never known her mother. Muriel was adopted by a nurse Loretta and loves her, but longs to know about her past. When Brick is sent to live with Loretta, a friend of Brick's mother, he is determined to return...more
1941 Windy Hill, NY and Brooklyn. The story alternates between Brick and Muriel both of whom have suffered tragic events. The apple orchards of Brick's family and of his neighbor Claude were badly damaged by lightning. Muriel contracted polio when she was four years old and has never known her mother. Muriel was adopted by a nurse Loretta and loves her, but longs to know about her past. When Brick is sent to live with Loretta, a friend of Brick's mother, he is determined to return...more
This book is amazing. It really got to me. I like the sense of mystery (about Mariel's mother), when you figure something out just before the main character does (that DING! of a light bulb) and how "touching" it is. I really enjoy all of Patricia Reilly Giff's books. For anyone who likes a good, touching non-fiction book.
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A touching, historical novel set in the time of the Dodgers winning the pendant. Brick and Mariel become fast friends when each face hardships that they must deal with. Mariel suffered from Polio and is adopted by a loving nurse and lives in New York. Brick comes to live with them after his families orchard is lost due to fire. The two eleven year olds head back to the Orchard and Mariel discovers her past and Brick realizes what his future holds for him. A great story about acceptance, differen...more
This warm and touching novel tells the story of Brick and Mariel, two 11-year-old friends who know firsthand about adversity and together embark on a journey that brings them personal peace.
Brick Tiernan is devastated when fire destroys his family's apple orchard in Windy Hill, New York, in the summer of 1941. His parents are forced to take jobs in different cities
Outstandingly tender
Brick Tiernan is devastated when fire destroys his family's apple orchard in Windy Hill, New York, in the summer of 1941. His parents are forced to take jobs in different cities
Outstandingly tender
Another great book by Patricia Reilly Giff. I think I've read them all now---at least the ones she wrote for older youth. I really enjoyed this story of a girl who needed to leave to find herself and a boy who had to leave where he knew he belonged. And I learned why the Brooklyn Dodgers were named the Brooklyn Dodgers. cool.
Oooh! This one was great! It is about a friendship between a girl and a boy during the 1940's when the polio epidemic was starting to clear out. The girl has polio and their friendship is just a really great story!
a really sweet book! the one thing that bothered me was that i'm pretty sure they never said how old Brick and Mariel were...
What a fun quick read with a great message and story.
Amazingly good read. I couldn't put it down.
really easy, but still entertaining
I checked this book out for my 9-year old (it was on the library's 4th grade reading list). She had no interest in it, so I read it. It turned out to be a sweet story about friendships. It was a quick read.
Great story about becoming friends with someone because of not how they look, but of their character.
Mariel has polio and Brick just lost his family's orchard in a fire. Now he's going to stay in Brooklyn with his mother's best friend Loretta and her adopted daughter Mariel. Together they go on a journey to find their true home. Brick wants to get back in time for the harvest and Mariel wants to find her real mother. It's a touching tale of two young children discovering where they really belong.
I think I can see why it would appeal to the Tween-set, but I just found the characters to unrealistic and adult in their actions/attitudes to be believable. There is a nice "Aha" moment at the end, but in general not very satisfying. I wanted to like it more than I did.
Jun 26, 2009
Sarah
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
3-4th Grade Girls
Recommended to Sarah by:
Librarian
I really loved this book when I read it for the first time, because it was such an age-appropriate book, the perfect blend of sadness, discovery, etc. On re-visiting it years later, however, I was disappointed because it really is a low-grade level book, written for 3-4th graders. Still, it is an excellent read for the right age range.
Sep 23, 2007
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Shelves:
read-childrens-books,
read-historical-fiction
I read this because it deals with polio in the '40s, which my mother has told me about.
This book showed encouragment to me of how he showed loving care to his sister.
This book was so good! It got a little predictable but I loved it!
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PATRICIA REILLY GIFF is 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...more
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