Winter Sky, Patricia Reilly Giff
Winter Sky, Patricia Reilly Giff
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Winter Sky

Author: Patricia Reilly Giff

Narrator: Arielle Sitrick, Cassandra Campbell

Unabridged: 2 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/07/2014


Synopsis

Sirens! A scary sound, especially to Siria, whose brave pop is a firefighter. Siria loves everyone at Pop's city firehouse. She also loves to study the stars. Her mother named her after the brightest start in the winter sky.   
   When Siria hears sirens, she sneaks out to chase the trucks, to bring Pop and the other firefighters luck. She'd be in big trouble if she ever got caught. Good thing her best friend, Douglas, is always by her side.
   As Christmas approaches, Siria suspects that someone in the neighborhood is setting fires. She has to find out who's doing it. When clues point to a surprising suspect, she realizes that solving this mystery will take all kinds of courage.
   Patricia Reilly Giff, the author of many beloved and award-winning books, is at her best in this action-packed story. In Winter Sky, friends, family, and a very special dog help Siria see how brave she really is.

Nominated to the Arkansas Charlie May Simon Children’s Book Award

About The Author

PATRICIA REILLY GIFF is the author of many beloved books for children, including the Kids of the Polk Street School books. Several of her novels for middle-grade readers have been chosen as ALA-ALSC Notable Books and ALA-YALSA Best Books for Young Adults. They include The Gift of the Pirate Queen; All the Way Home; Water Street; Nory Ryan's Song, a Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Golden Kite Honor Book for Fiction; and the Newbery Honor BooksLily's Crossing and Pictures of Hollis Woods. Lily's Crossing was also chosen as aBoston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book. Her most recent novels are R My Name Is Rachel, Storyteller, Eleven, and Wild Girl; her books for younger readers in the Zigzag Kids series include Number One Kid, Big Whopper, and Flying Feet.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lena on March 13, 2015

I don't know what it is about this book that I didn't like. It was nothing objectionable. It just didn't catch my attention the way I would have liked. My son, who listened to it with me, also wasn't impressed. The story follows Sirius, named for the star, as she tries to solve a mystery of who is st......more

Goodreads review by Rosalie on January 17, 2014

Siria's family consists of her pa, her babysitter Mimi and herself. Siria's mother died when she was very young but Siria vaguely remembers her mother whispering to her, "take care of your pa". Siria lives on the 7th floor of an old apartment building and spends much of her time sitting on the fire......more

Goodreads review by Laura on December 13, 2016

Nice story......more

Goodreads review by Angie on December 24, 2018

Siria has a love of astronomy she inherited from her late mother, her name itself inspired by the stars. Now being raised by her firefighter father and the neighbor down the hall, Siria spends much of her time bonding with her friends and worrying over her father's dangerous job. She's developed a h......more

Goodreads review by Sheila on July 17, 2024

3.5 I just had winter sky on my list at the library. This is a first, but I meant to check out the book Winter Sky by Chris Stewart. I just googled Winter sky and this came up. I didn’t realize till I went to write the book review that I had accidentally found another book with a different title tha......more