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Patricia Reilly Giff

Patricia Reilly Giff is the winner of two Newbery Honor Awards, for Lily's Crossing and Pictures of Hollis Woods . Some of her other middle grade novels include Genevieve's War , winner of the Christopher Award, Nory Ryan's Song , an ALA Notable Book, and Eleven. Her Kids of the Polk Street School series remain a popular chapter book mainstay. She has a doctorate in reading and spent twenty years teaching in New York City public schools.