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Photo © 2003 Tim Keating
author spotlight
“I want to see children curled up with books, finding an awareness of themselves as they discover other people’s thoughts. I want them to make the connection that books are people’s stories, that writing is talking on paper, and I want them to write their own stories. I’d like my books to provide that connection for them.”—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.
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Pictures of Hollis Woods
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: May 11, 2004
Price: $6.99
Hollis Woods has been in so many foster homes she can hardly remember them all. When Hollis is sent to Josie, she’ll do everything in her power to make sure they stay together. Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: May 11, 2004
Price: $6.99
Hollis Woods has been in so many foster homes she can hardly remember them all. When Hollis is sent to Josie, she’ll do everything in her power to make sure they stay together. Read more >
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Lily's Crossing
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: January 12, 1999
Price: $6.99
When Lily meets Albert, a refugee from Hungary, during the summer of 1944, they begin a special friendship. However, Lily and Albert have both told lies, and Lily has told a lie that may cost Albert his life. Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: January 12, 1999
Price: $6.99
When Lily meets Albert, a refugee from Hungary, during the summer of 1944, they begin a special friendship. However, Lily and Albert have both told lies, and Lily has told a lie that may cost Albert his life. Read more >
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Eleven
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $6.50
Sam must solve the mystery of who he really is.
Sam is almost 11 when he discovers a locked box in the attic above his grandfather Mack’s room, and a piece of paper that says he was kidnapped. There are lots of other words, but Sam has always had trouble reading. He’s... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $6.50
Sam must solve the mystery of who he really is.
Sam is almost 11 when he discovers a locked box in the attic above his grandfather Mack’s room, and a piece of paper that says he was kidnapped. There are lots of other words, but Sam has always had trouble reading. He’s... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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Wild Girl
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $15.99
A contemporary and irresistible story from Patricia Reilly Giff
Lidie lives in Jales, Brazil, where she’s free to ride, to be a wild girl, and to dream of going to live with her father and older brother, Rafael, in New York City. Finally Lidie is 12—time to leave Brazil for New York.
Meanwhile... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $15.99
A contemporary and irresistible story from Patricia Reilly Giff
Lidie lives in Jales, Brazil, where she’s free to ride, to be a wild girl, and to dream of going to live with her father and older brother, Rafael, in New York City. Finally Lidie is 12—time to leave Brazil for New York.
Meanwhile... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
hardcover library binding.
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The Candy Corn Contest
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: November 2, 1987
Price: $4.99
It's almost Thanksgiving, and Richard Best can't stop thinking about Ms. Rooney's Candy Corn contest. Whoever can guess the exact number of yellow-and-orange candies in the jar on Ms. Roney's desk gets to keep them all. The only problem is Richard has to read a page in a library book for... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: November 2, 1987
Price: $4.99
It's almost Thanksgiving, and Richard Best can't stop thinking about Ms. Rooney's Candy Corn contest. Whoever can guess the exact number of yellow-and-orange candies in the jar on Ms. Roney's desk gets to keep them all. The only problem is Richard has to read a page in a library book for... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Nory Ryan's Song
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: September 10, 2002
Price: $6.99
Nory Ryan's family has lived on Maidin Bay on the west coast of Ireland for generations, raising a pig and a few chickens, planting potatoes, getting by. Every year Nory's father goes away on a fishing boat and returns with the rent money for the English lord who owns their cottage... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: September 10, 2002
Price: $6.99
Nory Ryan's family has lived on Maidin Bay on the west coast of Ireland for generations, raising a pig and a few chickens, planting potatoes, getting by. Every year Nory's father goes away on a fishing boat and returns with the rent money for the English lord who owns their cottage... Read more >
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Fish Face
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1984
Price: $4.99
Emily Arrow may be a poor reader, but she's terrific in math and is also the fastest runner in her class. In October school gets even better when a newcomer from Florida, Dawn Tiffanie Bosco, joins the class and sits next to her.
When Emily sees that Dawn's a better reader and... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1984
Price: $4.99
Emily Arrow may be a poor reader, but she's terrific in math and is also the fastest runner in her class. In October school gets even better when a newcomer from Florida, Dawn Tiffanie Bosco, joins the class and sits next to her.
When Emily sees that Dawn's a better reader and... Read more >
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The Beast in Ms. Rooney's Room
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: August 1, 1984
Price: $4.99
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... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: August 1, 1984
Price: $4.99
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... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Maggie's Door
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2005
Price: $6.50
We will dance on the cliffs of Brooklyn.
Maggie’s Door is the story of the journey from Ireland to America told by both Nory and her neighbor and friend Sean Red Mallon, two different stories with the same destination—the home of Nory’s sister Maggie, at 416 Smith Street, Brooklyn, America.
Patricia Reilly... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2005
Price: $6.50
We will dance on the cliffs of Brooklyn.
Maggie’s Door is the story of the journey from Ireland to America told by both Nory and her neighbor and friend Sean Red Mallon, two different stories with the same destination—the home of Nory’s sister Maggie, at 416 Smith Street, Brooklyn, America.
Patricia Reilly... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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Willow Run
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $5.99
Meggie Dillon's life has been turned upside down by World War II. Meggie's father has announced that they must help the war effort and
move to Willow Run, Michigan, where he'll work nights in a factory building important war planes that will help fight the enemy in Europe. Willow Run will be... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $5.99
Meggie Dillon's life has been turned upside down by World War II. Meggie's father has announced that they must help the war effort and
move to Willow Run, Michigan, where he'll work nights in a factory building important war planes that will help fight the enemy in Europe. Willow Run will be... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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All the Way Home
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2003
Price: $5.99
It’s August 1941, and Brick and Mariel both love the Brooklyn Dodgers. Brick listens to their games on the radio in Windy Hill, in upstate New York, where his family has an apple orchard; Mariel, once a polio patient in the hospital in Windy Hill, lives in Brooklyn near the Dodgers’... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2003
Price: $5.99
It’s August 1941, and Brick and Mariel both love the Brooklyn Dodgers. Brick listens to their games on the radio in Windy Hill, in upstate New York, where his family has an apple orchard; Mariel, once a polio patient in the hospital in Windy Hill, lives in Brooklyn near the Dodgers’... Read more >
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Next Stop, New York City!
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: May 12, 1997
Price: $4.99
Bright lights, big city--Ms. Rooney's class is heading for NYC! They'll see dinosaurs at the American Museum of Natural History and they'll visit the Bronx Zoo, the Statue of Liberty, and many more sights. They'll even be in a Flag Day parade.
Ms. Rooney's named Emily their "New York City expert." But Emily... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: May 12, 1997
Price: $4.99
Bright lights, big city--Ms. Rooney's class is heading for NYC! They'll see dinosaurs at the American Museum of Natural History and they'll visit the Bronx Zoo, the Statue of Liberty, and many more sights. They'll even be in a Flag Day parade.
Ms. Rooney's named Emily their "New York City expert." But Emily... Read more >
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December Secrets
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: November 2, 1987
Price: $4.99
Emily is stuck with crybaby Jill Simon as her "secret Pal" to be kind to for the whole month of December. Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: November 2, 1987
Price: $4.99
Emily is stuck with crybaby Jill Simon as her "secret Pal" to be kind to for the whole month of December. Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Sunnyside Up
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: June 1, 1986
Price: $4.99
Summertime. It's hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk. Richard "Beast" Best and Matthew Jackson can't wait to dive into Emily Arrow's cool blue pool. But when they get there, Mrs. Arrow tells them that Emily has gone off to summer school.
Summer school! How could they forget? That's exactly... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: June 1, 1986
Price: $4.99
Summertime. It's hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk. Richard "Beast" Best and Matthew Jackson can't wait to dive into Emily Arrow's cool blue pool. But when they get there, Mrs. Arrow tells them that Emily has gone off to summer school.
Summer school! How could they forget? That's exactly... Read more >
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Water Street
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $6.50
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... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $6.50
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... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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Spectacular Stone Soup
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: December 1, 1988
Price: $3.99
"You never help people," Jiwon says.
Her friend is right. Stacy can't remember the last time she'd helped anyone! Now Mrs. Zachary wants her class to be people-helpers and prepare a Spectacular Stone Soup together.
Stacy works hard to be helpful, but no one seems to notice. Can quick thinking and a bunch... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: December 1, 1988
Price: $3.99
"You never help people," Jiwon says.
Her friend is right. Stacy can't remember the last time she'd helped anyone! Now Mrs. Zachary wants her class to be people-helpers and prepare a Spectacular Stone Soup together.
Stacy works hard to be helpful, but no one seems to notice. Can quick thinking and a bunch... Read more >
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Eleven
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $15.99
Sam is almost 11 when he discovers a locked box in the attic above his grandfather Mack’s room, and a piece of paper that says he was kidnapped. There are lots of other words, but Sam has always had trouble reading. He’s desperate to find out who he is, and if... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $15.99
Sam is almost 11 when he discovers a locked box in the attic above his grandfather Mack’s room, and a piece of paper that says he was kidnapped. There are lots of other words, but Sam has always had trouble reading. He’s desperate to find out who he is, and if... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover library binding and a
trade paperback.
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Say Cheese
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: May 1, 1985
Price: $4.99
Hurray, it's June! The last month of school!
Emily Arrow and the other children in Ms. Rooney's room are excited about the class picnic at the park. Mrs. Stewart, the student teacher, is even going to take class pictures.
But Emily's worried. She wants a best friend. It seems everyone has a best... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: May 1, 1985
Price: $4.99
Hurray, it's June! The last month of school!
Emily Arrow and the other children in Ms. Rooney's room are excited about the class picnic at the park. Mrs. Stewart, the student teacher, is even going to take class pictures.
But Emily's worried. She wants a best friend. It seems everyone has a best... Read more >
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Snaggle Doodles
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: March 1, 1985
Price: $4.99
April is invention month. "We're going to make our own inventions," says Ms. Rooney, "and work together in groups."
Though Emily Arrow knows it's important for each group to think, listen, and share, she still wishes she were the leader of her invention group. Linda Lorca, the bossy leader, can't get anyone to cooperate. "Snaggle doodles," Emily says. If the... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: March 1, 1985
Price: $4.99
April is invention month. "We're going to make our own inventions," says Ms. Rooney, "and work together in groups."
Though Emily Arrow knows it's important for each group to think, listen, and share, she still wishes she were the leader of her invention group. Linda Lorca, the bossy leader, can't get anyone to cooperate. "Snaggle doodles," Emily says. If the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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B-E-S-T Friends
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: November 1, 1988
Price: $4.50
That's what Stacy thinks the new girl Annie is. And having to be Annie's partner in class is horrible too. Annie stores her snack in the wrong place, and she has no front teeth. Her whistling scares away the birds outdoors. Annie just doesn't do one thing the way everybody else does.
It's not easy for Stacy to... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: November 1, 1988
Price: $4.50
That's what Stacy thinks the new girl Annie is. And having to be Annie's partner in class is horrible too. Annie stores her snack in the wrong place, and she has no front teeth. Her whistling scares away the birds outdoors. Annie just doesn't do one thing the way everybody else does.
It's not easy for Stacy to... Read more >
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In the Dinosaur's Paw
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: November 2, 1987
Price: $4.99
It's the first day back to school after winter vacation, and Richard Best is off to a bad start. Who ever heard of a January without any snow? And as usual, he has already forgotten something--the ruler Ms. Rooney had told him to bring for dinosaur day. Luckily Richard finds a... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: November 2, 1987
Price: $4.99
It's the first day back to school after winter vacation, and Richard Best is off to a bad start. Who ever heard of a January without any snow? And as usual, he has already forgotten something--the ruler Ms. Rooney had told him to bring for dinosaur day. Luckily Richard finds a... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Fancy Feet
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1988
Price: $4.50
"Little kids don't go to jail."
At least Stacy's hoping they don't! It's not easy to be good all the time. Stacy just had to try on the beautiful gold shoes her friend Jiwon brought to school to sell in the class store. Now the shoes are lost, and it's Stacy's fault.
Even worse, Stacy's friends... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1988
Price: $4.50
"Little kids don't go to jail."
At least Stacy's hoping they don't! It's not easy to be good all the time. Stacy just had to try on the beautiful gold shoes her friend Jiwon brought to school to sell in the class store. Now the shoes are lost, and it's Stacy's fault.
Even worse, Stacy's friends... Read more >
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Eleven
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $25.00
Who is Sam, and what do his strange dreams mean?
The shock of icy water as a boat crashes onto rocks feels real; so does the castle high above him that is almost hidden in the mists. And what about the number eleven woven into all those dreams?
The papers Sam finds... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $25.00
Who is Sam, and what do his strange dreams mean?
The shock of icy water as a boat crashes onto rocks feels real; so does the castle high above him that is almost hidden in the mists. And what about the number eleven woven into all those dreams?
The papers Sam finds... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover,
hardcover library binding and a
trade paperback.
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Purple Climbing Days
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: April 1, 1985
Price: $4.99
What's worse than a blue Monday? For Richard "Beast" Best, it's a purple Monday spent climbing a fat brown rope with fat brown knots.
Beast wishes he could climb up that rope like Emily Arrow and Matthew Jackson. Just looking at it hanging down from the gym ceiling makes him dizzy
Beast is afraid and... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: April 1, 1985
Price: $4.99
What's worse than a blue Monday? For Richard "Beast" Best, it's a purple Monday spent climbing a fat brown rope with fat brown knots.
Beast wishes he could climb up that rope like Emily Arrow and Matthew Jackson. Just looking at it hanging down from the gym ceiling makes him dizzy
Beast is afraid and... Read more >
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A House of Tailors
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: August 22, 2006
Price: $5.50
SEWING! NO ONE could hate it more than Dina Kirk.
Endless tiny stitches, button holes, darts. Since she was tiny, she’s worked in her family’s dressmaking business, where the sewing machine is a cranky member of the family.
When 13-year-old Dina leaves her small town in Germany to join her uncle’s family... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: August 22, 2006
Price: $5.50
SEWING! NO ONE could hate it more than Dina Kirk.
Endless tiny stitches, button holes, darts. Since she was tiny, she’s worked in her family’s dressmaking business, where the sewing machine is a cranky member of the family.
When 13-year-old Dina leaves her small town in Germany to join her uncle’s family... Read more >
