A review by reikista
Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff

3.0

Lily is excited to be going to her Gram’s house on the shore in Rockaway, to see her friend Margaret and feel free this summer. But Margaret’s father moves the family to Detroit where he will work on an assembly line building bombers, and Lily’s father will be going to France to support the Allies’ work in the war. It’s turning out to be a sad summer, except for the excitement of the arrival of Alfred, from Hungary. Maybe he will solve one of Lily’s problems, number three on her list: Friends, need. Lily learns that he became separated from his sister on his circuitous path to Canada while escaping the Nazis, and he needs to return to find her. This is a heartwarming story of friendship and loyalty that moves through sharing loss and secrets, and the universality of some human experiences.