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Question: Do you know the title to this childrens book!?
I am wondering the title of a book!. This book is one that I read somewhere between the 3rd and 5th grade!.

It is about a young girl who has to live w/ her grandmother while her father goes to off to war (WW2 I think!?), and he wants to let his daughter know where he is stationed even though there is high security and his letters are read and edited before they are mailed!.

So instead in the letters he writes to his daughter he includes the titles of books he thinks she needs to read, however each book he writes to her about is set in whichever country he is currently stationed in!. It is his way of letting her know and getting around security!.

Thanks in advance for any help in the right direction or for answers!Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
That's "Lily's Crossing" by Patricia Reilly Giff

"Elizabeth Mollahan--the Lily of Lily's Crossing--lost her mom when she was little!. Her father and a grandmother are her only family!. Every summer the three of them flee sweaty New York City for a beach house in New York's Rockaways!.

This year though, Lily's father announces that he's enlisted in the Army; days later, he is gone!. Alone with her grandmother, Lily sees a long lonely summer ahead!. And then, Albert appears!. A refugee from the Nazis, his family thrown to the winds, young Albert bears a grief and sadness of his own!.

It's a pleasure to read along as Lily and Albert negotiate the pain they feel and the secrets and adventures they share!. With subtlety and compassion, this gift of a book reminds us that wars happen to children, too!." ~ Amazon

It was one of my favorite books when I was in elementary school, that is also the first book that I could read on my own from cover to cover!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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