![]() Meanwhile, Lily must accept the idea that she needs to find a friend to replace Margaret. Eddie Dillon, Margaret's older brother and a soldier, goes missing on one of the most important days of the war and the small community begins to feel afraid. Margaret's family is moving to Detroit, where her father will assemble airplanes. It is 1944 when the narrative begins, and World War II is being fought in Europe. This particular summer, though, there is something different happening in the world. It is more exciting for Lily that Margaret believes Poppy is in the Secret Service or that Aunt Celia is a spy living all the way over in Berlin. Lily does not mind telling lies on a regular basis. ![]() Next on Lily's list of problems is lying. Without Margaret, Lily would be completely without a confidante. The first thing is the matter of friends. ![]() But there are things that bother Lily about her ten-year-old life. She and her friend Margaret Dillon spend their time gossiping and going to the movies. At the beach, Lily can really relax and explore the world. Albans with its endless school days and interminable winters. To Lily, Rockaway is a world apart from the routine of St. ![]() Every summer, Lily, Poppy (her father) and Gram live in Gram's house on stilts in Rockaway, near the Atlantic ocean. Lily's mother died when Lily was a very small girl, but Lily is content to be who and where she is. Albans, Queens, with her father and her grandmother. Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff is the story of Lily Mollahan and what happens when she tells one lie too many. ![]()
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