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​ __Lily's Crossing__

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Lily is all but ready to leave for Rockaway for the summer to see her friend Margaret, but when she receives news she did not want to it seems life takes a turn for the worse. Her dad has been shipped off to go help with the war and she soon finds out her friend Margaret is moving for her dads job. At that point life felt like a bore until Lily meets a new boy,Albert, that moves in with the Orbans. Lily and Albert learn to become best friends, along with a cat they help raise all on their own. It is all fun and games until Lily spills a lie, not just any lie, but something that could bring danger to Albert. ​

This is the front cover of the book:) This is Lily at Rockaway which is on the Atlantic Ocean.

Friends:
 * Albert ends up becoming Lily's best friend. He came to America because he was a Hungarian refugee,and was being hunted by the Nazis. His sister and grandmother were left in France while he was trying to escape because his sister was to sick. Will he ever see them again?
 * Grams is Lily's grandmother who learns to develop a special bond with Lily while her father is at war. Both of them comfort each other bringing them closer and closer every day.
 * Margaret was Lily's friend at Rockaway until she found out she had to move,she leaves a key behind for Lily. Lily uses the key to go up to the attic to read her letters from Margaret and her Pops. The girls stay in touch through the whole book.
 * If Lily was friends with someone in another book, she would be friends with Ariel from The Little Mermaid. Lily loves to swim, she swims pretty much every day at Rockaway. She is practically a fish out of water.

Hobbies/ Interests:
 * Lily loves to write books and stories, in fact she uses Margarets key to write in Margarets attic while she is gone. Lily hoopes o be an author when she grows up.
 * Lily also loves to read books, durng the story her dad sends letters while at war suggesting boks to read. You later find out that the books he suggest are really hidden messages of where he is located at the time.
 * Lily loves to swim as I have said. In one part of the book, she sees a man throw a kitten a bag into the water and saves it because she is such a good swimmer. Like I said she is a fish out of water.

​ This is Rockaway Beach, where Lily stays for the summer.

Favorite Songs:
 * Lily's first song would be Under the Sea from the Little Mermaid because she is literally in the water all the time. It is perfect for her.
 * Her second favorite song would be True Friends by Hannah Montana because it shows how her and Albert become true friends.
 * Her third favorite song would be Beethoven's fourth symphony because all of his songs are very peaceful and relaxing and tha exactly what she loves to do. It is perfect music for her to write to in Margarets attic.
 * Lily's fourth favorite song would be I'll Stand By You by The Pretenders because that is what she does for Albert, she helps him and supports him. She is a true and loyal friend.
 * Her last and final favorite song would be I Miss You by Hannah Montana because her dad is at war and she is really missing him. Her dad is like her best friend and it is hard for her to be seperated from him.

Education:
 * Lily does not attend school at Rockaway, she just goes there for the summer. Lily attends a Catholic school in which the teachers are nuns,and let me tell you that some of the nuns get aggravated with her stubborness. She does pretty good in school and also is learning to play the piano, which she does not enjoy her lessons.