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About The Author

PATRICIA REILLY GIFF is the author of many beloved books for children, including the Kids of the Polk Street School books, the Friends and Amigos books, and the Polka Dot Private Eye books. Her novels for middle-grade readers include
The Gift of the Pirate Queen; Lily's Crossing
, a Newbery Honor Book and a
Boston Globe–Horn Book
Honor Book; and
Nory Ryan's Song
, an ALA Notable Book, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, a
School Library Journal
Best Book of the Year, and a Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Golden Kite Honor Book for Fiction. Her most recent Random House book was
All the Way Home
, published by Delacorte Press.

Patricia Reilly Giff lives in Weston, Connecticut.

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Copyright © 2002 by Patricia Reilly Giff

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eISBN: 978-0-307-54228-1

May 2004

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