Giff, Patricia Reilly

Overview

Works:	602 works in 2,269 publications in 8 languages and 124,901 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Juvenile works Historical fiction History Detective and mystery fiction Literature Biographies Young adult works Hanukkah stories Christmas stories
Roles:	Author, Contributor
Classifications:	PZ7.G3626, FIC

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Patricia Reilly Giff

Don't tell the girls : a family memoir by Patricia Reilly Giff( Book )
Writing with Rosie : you can write a story too by Patricia Reilly Giff( Book )
Something about the author. facts and pictures about authors and illustrators of books for young people by Maikue Vang( )
Good conversation! : a talk with Patricia Reilly Giff( Visual )
Patricia Reilly Giff( Recording )

A talk with Patricia Reilly Giff( Visual )
[Patricia Reilly Giff] by Pat R Scales( Book )
Author study kit by Patricia Reilly Giff( Book )
Contemporary authors. a bibibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields( Book )
Authors on tape : Patricia Reilly Giff( Recording )

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Most widely held works by Patricia Reilly Giff

Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff( Book )

48 editions published between 1973 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 4,637 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A troublesome twelve-year-old orphan, staying with an elderly artist who needs her, remembers the only other time she was happy in a foster home, with a family that truly seemed to care about her

Lily's crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff( Book )

39 editions published between 1997 and 2005 in 4 languages and held by 4,338 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

During a summer spent at Rockaway Beach in 1944, Lily's friendship with a young Hungarian refugee causes her to see the war and her own world differently. This year, as in other years, Lily has planned a spectacular summer in Rockaway, in her family's cozy house on stilts over the Atlantic Ocean. But by the summer of 1944, World War II has changed almost everyone's life. Lily's best friend, Margaret, and her family have moved to a wartime factory town, and worse, much worse, Lily's father is on his way overseas to the war. There's no one else Lily's age in Rockaway until Albert comes, a refugee from Hungary, a boy with a secret sewn into his coat. Albert has lost most of his family in the war; he's been through things Lily can't imagine. But when they join together to rescue and care for a kitten, they begin a special friendship. For Lily and Albert have their own secrets to share: they both have told lies, and Lily has told a lie that may cost Albert his life

Willow Run by Patricia Reilly Giff( Book )

12 editions published between 2005 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,948 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

During World War II, after moving with her parents to Willow Run, Michigan, when her father gets a job in the B-24 bomber-building factory, eleven-year-old Meggie learns about different kinds of bravery from all of the people around her

Wild girl by Patricia Reilly Giff( Book )

10 editions published between 2009 and 2013 in English and held by 3,936 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Growing up in Brazil with her mother, Lidie, a free-spirited horse-lover, longs to travel to New York and live with her father. On her twelfth birthday, her wish comes true and she is sent to America to help manage her father's horse stables. However, Lidie quickly struggles to adapt to the restricting confinements of American society

A house of tailors by Patricia Reilly Giff( Book )

15 editions published between 2004 and 2006 in English and held by 3,348 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When thirteen-year-old Dina emigrates from Germany to America in 1871, her only wish is to return home as soon as she can, but as the months pass and she survives a multitude of hardships living with her uncle and his young wife and baby, she finds herself thinking of Brooklyn as her home

Nory Ryan's song by Patricia Reilly Giff( Book )

29 editions published between 2000 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,169 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When a terrible blight attacks Ireland's potato crop in 1845, twelve-year-old Nory Ryan's courage and ingenuity help her family and neighbors survive

The case of the cool-itch kid by Patricia Reilly Giff( Book )

30 editions published between 1985 and 2008 in English and French and held by 2,560 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When the kids in Ms. Rooney's class return to school after Christmas, one of them suspects he has found a magic ruler that makes wishes come true

B-E-S-T friends by Patricia Reilly Giff( Book )

31 editions published between 1984 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 2,292 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Each student in Ms. Rooney's room celebrates the December holidays by being a secret pal to a classmate

The beast in Ms. Rooney's room by Patricia Reilly Giff( Book )

27 editions published between 1984 and 2006 in English and held by 2,203 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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 class with "babies" like Emily Arrow and Matthew Jackson. And just like last year, he can't help getting into trouble. But with the help of Mrs. Paris, the reading teacher, Beast starts to enjoy reading and just might find a way to help the second grade win the school banner for best class. Held back for a year in second grade, Richard can't seem to help getting into trouble, until he gets really interested in reading and helps his class in a special way

Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff( Book )

18 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,068 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When Sam, who can barely read, discovers an old newspaper clipping just before his eleventh birthday, it brings forth memories from his past, and, with the help of a new friend at school and the castle they are building for a school project, his questions are eventually answered

Fish face by Patricia Reilly Giff( Book )

28 editions published between 1984 and 2006 in English and held by 2,013 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Making friends with the new girl in her class is hard for Emily after she replaces Emily as the fastest runner and steals her lucky unicorn

Maggie's door by Patricia Reilly Giff( Book )

19 editions published between 2003 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,719 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In the mid-1800s, Nory and her neighbor and friend, Sean, set out separately on a dangerous journey from famine-plagued Ireland, hoping to reach a better life in America

All the way home by Patricia Reilly Giff( Book )

14 editions published between 2001 and 2013 in English and held by 1,632 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In 1941, circumstances bring together Brick, a boy from New York's apple country, and Mariel, a young girl made shy by her bout with polio, and the two make a journey from Brooklyn back to help Brick's elderly neighbors save their apple crop and to help Mariel learn about her past

The candy corn contest by Patricia Reilly Giff( Book )

15 editions published between 1984 and 2008 in English and held by 1,516 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Richard looks forward to the Candy Corn contest in Ms. Rooney's class, but he can't resist sneaking just a few pieces

Laura Ingalls Wilder : growing up in the little house by Patricia Reilly Giff( Book )

12 editions published between 1987 and 2014 in English and held by 1,484 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A biography of the author of the "Little House" books, including the years of her marriage to Almanzo Wilder

Purple climbing days by Patricia Reilly Giff( Book )

28 editions published between 1985 and 1998 in 4 languages and held by 1,479 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

With the help of the meanest substitute teacher in the whole school, Richard "Beast" Best learns a lesson about fear

The Valentine star by Patricia Reilly Giff( Book )

29 editions published between 1985 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 1,372 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

As Valentine's Day approaches and her class becomes busy making cards, Emily is worried about her fight with Sherri, who tells her, "You'll be sorry."

Today was a terrible day by Patricia Reilly Giff( Book )

22 editions published between 1980 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 1,340 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Follows the humorous mishaps of a second grader who is learning to read

Sunny-side up by Patricia Reilly Giff( Book )

22 editions published between 1986 and 2005 in 4 languages and held by 1,271 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The kids in Ms. Rooney's class are off to tour Philadelphia. It's going to be a great trip, except that Mrs. Miller the Killer, the substitute teacher is coming along

The gift of the pirate queen by Patricia Reilly Giff( Book )

12 editions published between 1982 and 1990 in English and held by 1,246 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sixth-grader Grace, her mother dead and her only sister ill with diabetes, learns to be brave like the Pirate Queen Grace O'Malley, whom her Irish cousin says she resembles

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