Patricia Reilly Giff

Born

in Brooklyn, The United States

April 26, 1935

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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'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. Her most recent books are Number One Kid, Big Whopper, Flying Feet, Eleven, Wild Girl, and Storyteller. ...more

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Average rating: 3.88 · 58,481 ratings · 6,027 reviews · 168 distinct works • Similar authors

	Pictures of Hollis Woods 4.02 avg rating — 27,756 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	Lily's Crossing 3.87 avg rating — 8,799 ratings — published 1997 — 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
	Nory Ryan's Song (Nory Ryan, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 3,716 ratings — published 2000 — 21 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 — 3,306 ratings — published 2008 — 18 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 — 1,975 ratings — published 2009 — 15 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) 3.89 avg rating — 1,268 ratings — published 2003 — 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
	Gingersnap 3.50 avg rating — 1,181 ratings — published 2013 — 10 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 3.88 avg rating — 976 ratings — published 2006 — 2 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 3.92 avg rating — 905 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	Willow Run 3.74 avg rating — 921 ratings — published 2005 — 15 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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Patricia Reilly Giff

3.86 avg rating — 9,720 ratings

Nory Ryan (2 books)
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Patricia Reilly Giff

3.92 avg rating — 4,983 ratings

The Kids of the Polk Street School (16 books)
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Patricia Reilly Giff

3.60 avg rating — 1,776 ratings

The Polka Dot Private Eye (8 books)
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Blanche Sims (Illustrator)

3.60 avg rating — 283 ratings

Zigzag Kids (7 books)
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3.43 avg rating — 269 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-geilly-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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What Book Shall We Read in October?

I have chosen books that are getting a lot of attention and were published in July and August. Feel free to add books to the list, if they were published in July and August 2011

If you get the chance, check and see what your library has before you vote.

Wildwood by Colin Meloy

10 votes 24.4%

The Mostly True Story of Jack byKelly Barnhill

8 votes 19.5%

City of Orphans by Avi

7 votes 17.1%

Eight Keys by Suzanne LaFleur

5 votes 12.2%

The Summer I Learned to Fly by Dana Reinhardt

4 votes 9.8%

Summer I learned to fly (write-in)

3 votes 7.3%

Island's End by Padma Venkatraman

2 votes 4.9%

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading by Tommy Greenwald

1 vote 2.4%

R My Name Is Rachel by Patricia Reilly Giff

1 vote 2.4%

41 total votes

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