In 1941, circumstances bring together Brick, a boy from New York's apple country, and Mariel, a young girl made shy by her bout with polio, and the two make a journey from Brooklyn back to help Brick's elderly neighbors save their apple crop and to help Mariel learn about her past.
year: 2003, 2001
call number/section: 1000
subjects: poliomyelitis, fiction, apples, friendship, self-acceptance, historical fiction, brooklyn (new york, n.y.), fiction
Editions
Giff, Patricia Reilly
Dell Yearling (2003)
In 1941, circumstances bring together Brick, a boy from New York's apple country, and Mariel, a young girl made shy by her bout with polio, and the two make a journey from Brooklyn back to help Brick's elderly neighbors save their apple crop and to help Mariel learn about her past.
Schools: 5
Giff, Patricia Reilly
Delacorte Press (2001)
In 1941, circumstances bring together Brick, a boy from New York's apple country, and Mariel, a young girl made shy by her bout with polio, and the two make a journey from Brooklyn back to help Brick's elderly neighbors save their apple crop and to help Mariel learn about her past.
Schools: 30