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Water Street

By Patricia Reilly Giff

By Patricia Reilly Giff

By Patricia Reilly Giff

By Patricia Reilly Giff

By Patricia Reilly Giff
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By Patricia Reilly Giff
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Jan 08, 2008 | ISBN 9780440419211 | Middle Grade (8-12)

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Jan 16, 2009 | ISBN 9780307549051 | Middle Grade (8-12)

Audiobook Download $13.50

Sep 12, 2006 | 217 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12)

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    About Water Street

    Brooklyn, 1875: Bird Mallon lives on Water Street where you can see the huge towers of the bridge to Manhattan being built. Bird wants nothing more in life than to be brave enough to be a healer, like her mother, Nory, to help her sister Annie find love, and to convince her brother, Hughie, to stop fighting for money with his street gang. And of course, she wishes that a girl would move into the empty apartment upstairs so that she can have a new friend close by.

    But Thomas Neary and his Pop move in upstairs. Thomas who writes about his life in his journal–his father who spends each night at the Tavern down the street, the mother he wishes he had, and the Mallon family downstairs that he desperately wants to be a part of. Thomas, who has a secret that only Bird suspects, and who turns out to be the best friend Bird could ever have.

    About Water Street

    Brooklyn, 1875: Bird Mallon lives on Water Street where you can see the huge towers of the bridge to Manhattan being built. Bird wants nothing more in life than to be brave enough to be a healer, like her mother, Nory, to help her sister Annie find love, and to convince her brother, Hughie, to stop fighting for money with his street gang. And of course, she wishes that a girl would move into the empty apartment upstairs so that she can have a new friend close by.

    But Thomas Neary and his Pop move in upstairs. Thomas who writes about his life in his journal–his father who spends each night at the Tavern down the street, the mother he wishes he had, and the Mallon family downstairs that he desperately wants to be a part of. Thomas, who has a secret that only Bird suspects, and who turns out to be the best friend Bird could ever have.

    About Water Street

    Brooklyn, 1875: Bird Mallon lives on Water Street where you can see the huge towers of the bridge to Manhattan being built. Bird wants nothing more in life than to be brave enough to be a healer, like her mother, Nory, to help her sister Annie find love, and to convince her brother, Hughie, to stop fighting for money with his street gang. And of course, she wishes that a girl would move into the empty apartment upstairs so that she can have a new friend close by.

    But Thomas Neary and his Pop move in upstairs. Thomas who writes about his life in his journal–his father who spends each night at the Tavern down the street, the mother he wishes he had, and the Mallon family downstairs that he desperately wants to be a part of. Thomas, who has a secret that only Bird suspects, and who turns out to be the best friend Bird could ever have.

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    About Patricia Reilly Giff

    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.

    About Patricia Reilly Giff

    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.

    About Patricia Reilly Giff

    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.

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Historical Fiction

    Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Yearling
    Jan 08, 2008 | 176 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780440419211

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Historical Fiction

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by Yearling
    Jan 16, 2009 | 176 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780307549051

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Historical Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $13.50
    Published by Listening Library
    Sep 12, 2006 | 217 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780739336472

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    Praise

    “Historical fiction at its best.”–Kirkus Reviews, Starred

    “A poignant immigration story of friendship, work, and the meaning of home.”–Booklist, Starred

    “Giff makes Bird’s Brooklyn so real you could touch it.”–The Horn Book

    “Giff masterfully integrates the historical material and presents a vivid picture of the immigrant struggle in the 1870s.”–School Library Journal

    Awards

    Arkansas Charlie May Simon Award NOMINEE

    Indiana Young Hoosier Award NOMINEE

    Kentucky Bluegrass Award NOMINEE

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