A House of Tailors (12 page)

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. Several of her novels for older readers have been chosen as ALA Notable Books and ALA Best Books for Young Adults. They include
The Gift of the Pirate Queen; All the Way Home; Nory Ryan's Song,
a Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators Golden Kite Honor Book for Fiction; and the Newbery Honor Books
Lily's Crossing
and
Pictures of Hollis Woods. Lily's Crossing
was also chosen as a
Boston Globe–Horn Book
Honor Book.

Patricia Reilly Giff lives in Connecticut.

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Wendy Lamb Books

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Random House Children's Books

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Copyright © 2004 by Patricia Reilly Giff

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Giff, Patricia Reilly.

A house of tailors / Patricia Reilly Giff.

p. cm.

Summary: When thirteen-year-old Dina emigrates from Germany to America in 1871, her only wish is to return home as soon as she can, but as the months pass and she survives a multitude of hardships living with her uncle and his young wife and baby, she finds herself thinking of Brooklyn as her home.

[1. Emigration and immigration—Fiction. 2. German-Americans—Fiction.

3. Sewing—Fiction. 4. Uncles—Fiction. 5. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)—

History—19th century—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7 . G3626Hr 2004

[Fic]—dc22       2003026103

eISBN: 978-0-375-89055-0

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