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Willow Run
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 and
move to Willow Run, Michigan, where he'll work nights in a factory building important war planes that will help fight the enemy in Europe. Willow Run will be the greatest adventure ever, Meggie thinks. There she meets Patches and Harlan, oth...more
move to Willow Run, Michigan, where he'll work nights in a factory building important war planes that will help fight the enemy in Europe. Willow Run will be the greatest adventure ever, Meggie thinks. There she meets Patches and Harlan, oth...more
Paperback, 160 pages
Published
February 13th 2007
by Yearling
(first published 2005)
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Margaret “Meggie” Dillion lives in Rockaway, New York with her mother, father and grandfather. Her old brother, Eddie, has enlisted to fight in the war and everyone is having a difficult time coping with Eddie’s absence.
Meggie’s Grampa is German and she’s heard rumours around town that anyone German will be arrested and Meggie worries constantly about him. The fact that he has a German accent isn’t helping her feel any better nor is the fact that two older boys came and painted a red swastika on...more
Meggie’s Grampa is German and she’s heard rumours around town that anyone German will be arrested and Meggie worries constantly about him. The fact that he has a German accent isn’t helping her feel any better nor is the fact that two older boys came and painted a red swastika on...more
Meggie and her family move to Willow Run, MI from Rockaway Beach where her parents work in a bomber factory. Her brother, Eddie joined up and is M.I.A. after Normandy. She makes new friends, and realizes that while this is a worse situation for her, it's a better situation for others. This is really more of a mood piece than a "story" although it for sure has a plot. A good war story for young girls.
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This book follows the story of Meggie Dillon, whom readers were first introduced to in Giff's book "Lily's Crossing." While Lily spends World War II in their neighborhood in Rockaway, New York, Meggie moves with her parents to Willow Run, Michigan, where her father has gotten a job at Henry Ford's enormous factory manufacturing planes for the War effort. Meggie's having a hard enough time adjusting to being the only child, as her beloved older brother Edward has joined the army & is statione...more
Willow Run is a place in Michigan. It is the place where Meggie and her family move to help America win the war (WW II). Willow Run is also the name of this book, which is part 2 to the story "Lily's Crossing". So read Lily's Crossing first before you read Willow Run. I enjoyed it very much. I just want to KNOW though how things ended up---of course we won the war! But I want more details. It's not terrible that we don't know everything, it just bugs me not to know! I guess I will determine in m...more
gr 4-7
Margaret "Meggie" loves living in Rockaway, NY and spending time with her grandpa in his garden or going fishing. When her father takes a job in Willow Run building planes for the war, Meggie must leave her friend Lily and her grandfather behind in Rockaway.
It was interesting to see what it must have been like living in near the factory. The housing was very basic and everyone was living very close together. The reoccuring questions about courage was also interesting. I would recommend t...more
Margaret "Meggie" loves living in Rockaway, NY and spending time with her grandpa in his garden or going fishing. When her father takes a job in Willow Run building planes for the war, Meggie must leave her friend Lily and her grandfather behind in Rockaway.
It was interesting to see what it must have been like living in near the factory. The housing was very basic and everyone was living very close together. The reoccuring questions about courage was also interesting. I would recommend t...more
May 20, 2009
Connor Southern
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This book was cool to me because it was set in World War II.Meggie (the main character) has a brother thats in the military and a grandpa who is german.Kids on Meggies grandpas street keep calling Megies grampa a Nazi(WHICH HES NOT!!!!!)Meggies dad gets a new job to help build B-24 bomber planes.They move to Willow Run,where they find out that Eddie(the brother in the military)is missing in action.If yo want to find out what happens read Willow Run.
willow run was a very short read its based during world war two. When Meggie and her family are forced to move to a plane factory called willow run sehhas to leave her life behind,and sart a new one. She makes friends with a rough boy named Harlan and a girl named patches. Then her brother goes missing..... to find out wether he is alive or not you must read this book: Willow Run by Patricia Reilly Giff.
Patricia Reilly Giff really is a master at painting a realistic historical background, and taking readers back in time a few years. My mother would have been only slightly older than Meggie during World War II, so I was able to envision what parts of her childhood were like.
They may not be flashy, but historical fiction titles by Patricia Reilly Giff are trustworthy, heartfelt, and solid.
They may not be flashy, but historical fiction titles by Patricia Reilly Giff are trustworthy, heartfelt, and solid.
May 20, 2009
Spencer
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this book was a personal fav. for me It had your action it had your history it had a little bit of everything in it. it takes place in Willow Run,Michagan during WWII maggie is the main character and her brother serves in the armed forces.Meggies grandfather was thretend by amaricans because he was german. If you want to find out more read willow run by Pat Reilley Giff
This is the companion story to Lily's Crossing, but told from Meggie's point of view as she leaves Rockaway for Michigan. It paints a true picture of what life was like for a young girl caught up in the midst of World War II as Meggie's father works in a factory that builds fighter planes. Meggie forges some unforgettable friendships and discovers new traits about herself.
I finished this book on a cliff-hanger and that is SO annoying for me! I loved a lot of things about this book, one of the things I loved was there is a real T.V. that we can watch today and that is bugs bunny. the other thing I loved about this book is the main character that tells the story is a girl me age, so it is easy for me to relate to her. Over all I give this book 4 out of 5 stars.
Apr 15, 2009
dogluvers867
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2 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
NOBODY!!!!
Recommended to dogluvers867 by:
me :-(
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this was a really boring/pointless book. i kinda sorta not really liked it.
i gave it 2 stars because this is my star rating system:
one star=i hated it.
two stars=i didn't like it that much
three stars=it was ok but not worth it
four stars=it was good but i have read better books
five stars=i absolutely loved it.
~maureen
i gave it 2 stars because this is my star rating system:
one star=i hated it.
two stars=i didn't like it that much
three stars=it was ok but not worth it
four stars=it was good but i have read better books
five stars=i absolutely loved it.
~maureen
Not as good as Number the Stars. In Number the Stars, characters face life and death. In Willow Run, characters face happiness and unhappiness. The reason life and death have more of an impact is because you can see the troubles of the character more clearly, and actually feel very scared when something bad happenes to them.
Thei is a sequel to Lily's Crossing. Meggy, Lily's friend moves with her family to Michigan so her father and mother can work for the WWII effort building airplanes. Meggie misses her grandfather. He comes to them but her brother Eddie is missing in action.
It's SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Good! It's about a girl who's brother is at war during World War 2, (I don't think I can do Roman Numerals on my keyboard) and how pwople think her Grandpa is a spy. I havn't read it in a bit but I remember loving it!
This is a story happen in World War II. Meggie's older brother Edward has joined the army. Her family all worry about him and Meggie's grandpa because her grandpa is German, and heard that German will be arrest. His grandpa is often write the letter to her, sometimes she will mad、 sad or ease. But she gradually be more braver and know what she need to do now.
WW II family moves to Michigan to work in a tank factory. Lightweight story of German-American grandfather kids from the sticks, and a brother who is MIA. Good description of time and character.
This book is so lame and almost plotless (new word). The idea of a book about WW2 set in Michigan was the reason I picked it up, but it turned out to be 30 minutes of being bored...
I thought this was a good book for the most part. It didn't have me jumping up and down but it wasn't bad. I thought the author could have made it a little more fascinating.
A neat introduction to life in the US during WWII. Could be a great book to use in conjunction with history/literature and Veterans Day or Memorial Day.
This book takes place in rural America during WW2. About a girl named Meggie and her family. It ended to quick needed more. But it was a good story.
Irritating that we never find out what happens to Eddie but I guess that helps make the book feel more real since there were many many families that never found out what happened to a loved one. Overall I thought it was a good book though.
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This was an o.k. book. it was boring at some parts but some of them were interesting and suspenceful. I liked the characters but I did not like the end of the book.
Dec 11, 2010
Kimberly Powell
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I love this book it's a really good book and i thought it was tight and i hope other could read it also
I loved this book it made me kind of sad when they found out her brother was missing i nearly cried
Book on CD. Cute story set during World War II from the perspective of a child. Good.
I wouldn't have picked it for book club. My opinon about it is not the best book.
I think this is a great book! I was engaged the entire time! The ending made me cry!!!
Jan 09, 2009
Sarah
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This was really good Maggie is a great character. (I think that's her name!)
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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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