by Patricia Reilly Giff · EDICIONES SM · tapa dura · ISBN 9788434865501
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«Relato de un verano» is the realist novel by Patricia Reilly Giff, published by Ediciones SM in hardback (178 pages, in Spanish).
Summer 1944: Lily looks forward to a seaside holiday, but the Second World War changes everything: her best friend moves away and her father leaves for the front. She meets Albert, a Hungarian boy fleeing the conflict; she teaches him to swim and together they dream of crossing the sea to Europe.
This book is number 16 in the Barco de Vapor Roja collection, translated by Alejandro Valero. Original title: Lily's Crossing.
Recommended audience: readers aged 12 to 14, with an interest in stories of friendship during the Second World War.
Patricia Reilly Giff was an American author and teacher born in Brooklyn, New York, United States. She was educated at Marymount Manhattan College, where she was awarded a B.A. degree, and St. John's University, where she earned an M.A. and Hofstra University, where she was awarded a Professional Diploma in Reading and a Doctorate of Humane Letters. After spending some twenty years as a full-time teacher, she began writing, specializing in children's literature. Giff resided in Trumbull, Connecticut, along with her husband Jim and their three children. Giff's writing workshops have influenced other children's authors such as Tony Abbott and Elise Broach. She was a Newbery Honor, ALA Best Book For Young Adults, and Christopher Award laureate.
