Name: A House of Tailors
SKU: 1794863
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Author: Patricia Reilly Giff
ISBN: 9780440238003

Type

Physical Book

Author

Patricia Reilly Giff

Publisher

Yearling

Year

2006

Language

English

Pages

148

Format

Paperback

ISBN

0440238005

ISBN13

9780440238003

Synopsis "A House of Tailors "

SEWING! NO ONE could hate it more than Dina Kirk. Endless tiny stitches, button holes, darts. Since she was tiny, she’s worked in her family’s dressmaking business, where the sewing machine is a cranky member of the family.When 13-year-old Dina leaves her small town in Germany to join her uncle’s family in Brooklyn, she turns her back on sewing. Never again! But looking for a job leads her right back to the sewing machine. Why did she ever leave home? Here she is, still with a needle and thread—and homesick to boot. She didn’t know she could be this homesick, but she didn’t know she could be so brave either, as she is standing up to an epidemic or a fire. She didn’t know she could grow so close to her new family or to Johann, the young man from the tailor’s shop. And she didn’t know that sewing would reveal her own wonderful talent—and her future. In Dina, the beloved writer Patricia Reilly Giff has created one of her most engaging and vital heroines. Readers will enjoy seeing 1870s Brooklyn through Dina’s eyes, and share her excitement as she discovers a new world.

Patricia Reilly Giff

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Patricia Jeanne Reilly Giff (Brooklyn, 26 de abril de 1935 – † 22 de junio de 2021) fue una destacada escritora y educadora infantil estadounidense. Egresada con B.A. en Marymount Manhattan College, obtuvo luego un M.A. en St. John’s University y un Diploma Profesional en Lectura, así como un Doctorado Honoris Causa en Letras Humanas por Hofstra University. Durante unos veinte años se desempeñó como maestra en escuelas públicas, experiencia que influyó profundamente en sus libros para jóvenes lectores.

Giff escribió más de cien libros y es especialmente conocida por sus series Kids of the Polk Street School, Polka Dot Private Eye y novelas como Lily’s Crossing, Pictures of Hollis Woods, Nory Ryan’s Song o All the Way Home. Su obra recibió varios reconocimientos importantes: Lily’s Crossing y Pictures of Hollis Woods obtuvieron el Newbery Honor, Nory Ryan’s Song fue nombrado ALA Best Book for Young Adults, y otros de sus textos han sido galardonados o elogiados por asociaciones literarias y educacionales.

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