books by Patricia Reilly Giff

books by Patricia Reilly Giff

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Patricia Reilly Giff

Fourth Grade Celebrity (Casey, Tracey, & Company)

Patricia Reilly Giff, Leslie Morrill

Yearling, 1989

A Fun Book!
I read this book when I was 10. My mom got it for me as a birthday present and I loved it. I felt like Casey was a lot like me in that I wanted to make a name for myself. When I started fourth grade my popularity was decreased and I felt like nobody recognized me. ...

The Candy Corn Contest (The Kids of the Polk Street School)

Patricia Reilly Giff

A Yearling Book, 1984

Memories
I read this book when I was in the third grade and I loved it!!! I probably read the book 20 times during my childhood. I am now 24, and still remember the yummy candy corn contest described in this book. :)

Eleven

Patricia Reilly Giff

Wendy Lamb Books, 2008

Middle grade readers will love this suspenseful story
Sam doesn't know why he fears the number eleven, but as his 11th birthday approaches, he feels a need to explore his past. When he discovers a locked box and a newspaper clipping in the attic, he learns he might once have been a missing child. Now he's worried about ...

Today Was a Terrible Day (Picture Puffin Books)

Patricia Reilly Giff

Puffin, 1984

Super!
This book is excellent for children. Ronald Morgan is having the worst day ever. The illustrations show poor Ronald's discouraged face on every page. However, there is an uplifting ending that encourages all of us to make it through even the worst of days. I highly ...

Nory Ryan's Song

Patricia Reilly Giff

Yearling, 2002

Irish need not apply
"Irish need not apply." This was a common placard hanging in store windows in New York neighborhoods after the immigration of the Irish, following the Great Potato Blight and resulting famine in Ireland, 1845-1852. They arrived dirty, hungry, dressed in rags, carrying ...

Lily's Crossing (Yearling Newberg)

Patricia Reilly Giff

Yearling, 1999

One of the best books!
This is a awesome book!!! Read it. Its about a girl named Lily, and she is staying at her summer home in Rockaway. Her father goes away to war in another country and she is very mad. Lily's neighbors have a guest over named Albert. Lily does some spying and Albert ...

In the Dinosaur's Paw (Kids of the Polk Street School)

Patricia Reilly Giff

Yearling, 1985

good, but different from the others
I followed the Polk St School books in 4th grade and read them all in order. WHen I got to this one, I enjoyed it, but immediately found this one different from the others. It was the one that you realize doesn't fit in with the series. For starters, in the others, ...

Maggie's Door

Patricia Reilly Giff

Yearling, 2005

Book 2: Crossing the Atlantic
A tribute to determination, fortitude, the staying spirit, "Maggie's Door" is a historical novel of the crossing of a microcosm of Irish from Maidin Bay to Galway to New York to Brooklyn to Maggie's Door. The potato blight, which began in Ireland in 1845, continued ...

The Yearling (Aladdin Classics)

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Aladdin, 2001

I Feel Sorry for the So-Called "Kids" and Teens of the 1 Star
I originally wasn't planning to write another review for amazon.com, but the movie of "The Yearling" was on TV last night. Remembering how it touched me, especially the sorrowful end, I decided to take a look at the reviews posted here. Most were brilliant, right to ...

Pictures of Hollis Woods

Patricia Reilly Giff

Yearling, 2004

Bittersweet Book
Pictures of Hollis Woods is a bittersweet story that makes you take life for granted and recongize the mistkes you've made.Hollis is a feisty foster child but underneath has a sweet spot.I loved this book,and it is probably one of my favorites.

The Beast in Ms. Rooney's Room (Kids of the Polk Street School)

Patricia Reilly Giff

Yearling, 1984

Book #1--good basis for the Polk Street Series
Giff set this series off to a good start with this book 1. I read it when I was 9. It came in the mail from Weekly Reader Books (my dad sent away for those for me!) Every month I got books in the mail and this was one of them. At the time I didn't know it was a ...

Oh Boy, Boston! (Polk Street Special)
Patricia Reilly Giff

Yearling, 1997

The Polk Street Kids are coming--on their class trip to Boston. They're going to fly kites on Boston Common, walk the Freedom Trail, and put on a play--with Richard "Beast" Best as Paul Revere. Poor Beast can't remember his costume, or what he's supposed to do in the play. All he knows is that he has Dawn Bosco for a wife. And 16 kids. If only he ...

Pickle Puss (Kids of the Polk Street School)

Patricia Reilly Giff

Yearling, 1986

Good book for beginner
my son read this at his school and liked it so much we bought it.

December Secrets (Kids of the Polk Street School)

Patricia Reilly Giff

Yearling, 1984

good story of friendship
I read this book for a college course I am taking towards my elementary education degree. This is definitely a story that I would recommend to 2nd and 3rd graders. The story itself would definitely keep the child's attention and, in the end, they would learn a very ...

Purple Climbing Days (Kids of the Polk Street School)

Patricia Reilly Giff

Yearling, 1985

Excellent; kids that age can identify with Richard
I read this about 11 yrs back in 4th grade. I could relate to it because the school gym at my school had a climbing rope, too. This story helps kids to face their everyday fears. RIchard learns a lot about himself and even about the school's "mean" sub, who helps ...