All the Way Home

The book called All the Way Home by Patricia Reilly Giff is a very good book. It's about a boy named Brick. He and his family used to live in a small house on an apple orchard but when a fire destroys it his parents have to find work. And Brick has to go live with his parent's friend Loretta. Loretta lives in Brooklyn with her adopted daughter Muriel. Muriel once had polio at a hospital in Windy Hill were Brick used to live. Loretta was a nurse at the hospital that Muriel went to and she adopted her because her mother never came back for her. So this story is about Muriel trying to find her mother and Brick trying to get back to Windy Hill to save the apple harvest. I liked this book and I would recommend this book because it is very exciting. This book gets right to the point and you never want to put it down. I liked how it had two stories weaved together and how Brick and Muriel both had some kind of similarities with in each other. I thought the book All the Way Home was a very good book for all ages.

Brick and Mariel share their interest in the Dodgers team in 1941 where it seems they share little else in common. Mariel is determined to know her real mother, who left her in the hospital with polio, and Brick's parents must abandon their family farm when disaster strikes, sending him to live with nurse Loretta. The three form an unusual, different kind of family with renewed dreams for the future.

A young girl searches for truth of her beginings in life and discovers how precious she is. Even with polio a young nurse still wants to adopt her and raise her as her own. Her adoptive mother believes she can do anything, even with polio, so she wants her to go out there and make a difference. Truly not a story to be overlooked or past by. It you never read another book.... read this one.

This is a lovely historical novel for young people. With both a male and female point of view -- the book is a great choice for both boys and girls and would make a wonderful addition to any school curriculum. Both characters are nicely characterized and are admirable people without being too perfect to be real. The bonds between Brick, Mariel, the wonderful secondary characters and the Brooklyn Dodgers make for a warm and satisfying story of a different era that has lessons to teach us today as we too face uncertainty and war.