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Jan 07, 2014 | ISBN 9780440421788 | Middle Grade (8-12) Buy
Jan 08, 2013 | ISBN 9780307980298 | Middle Grade (8-12) Buy
Jan 08, 2013 | 201 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12) Buy
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Jan 07, 2014 | ISBN 9780440421788 | Middle Grade (8-12)
Jan 08, 2013 | ISBN 9780307980298 | Middle Grade (8-12)
Jan 08, 2013 | ISBN 9780385361323 | Middle Grade (8-12)
201 Minutes
It’s 1944, W.W. II is raging. Jayna’s big brother Rob is her only family. When Rob is called to duty on a destroyer, Jayna is left in their small town in upstate New York with their cranky landlady. But right before he leaves, Rob tells Jayna a secret: they may have a grandmother in Brooklyn. Rob found a little blue recipe book with her name and an address for a bakery. When Jayna learns that Rob is missing in action, she’s devastated. Along with her turtle Theresa, the recipe book, and an encouraging, ghostly voice as her guide, Jayna sets out for Brooklyn in hopes of finding the family she so desperately needs.
Patricia Reilly Giff has recieved the Newbery Honor for Pictures of Hollis Woods and Lily’s Crossing, which is also a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book. Nory Ryan’s Song was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and an ALA Notable Book.
Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, November 15, 2012:“Jayna’s journey is a memorable one.”
Children’s Book Committee at Bank Street College Children’s Book of the Year SELECTION 2014
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