This year, as in other years, Lily has planned a spectacular summer in Rockaway, in her family's cozy house on stilts over the Atlantic Ocean. But by the summer of 1944, World War II has changed almost everyone's life. Lily's best friend, Margaret, and her family have moved to a wartime factory town, and worse, Lily's father is on his way overseas to war. There is no one else Lily's age in Rockaway until Albert comes, a refuge from Hungary, a boy with a secret sown into his coat. Albert has lost most of his family in the war; he's been through things Lily can't imagine. But when they join together to rescue and care for a kitten, they begin a special relationship. For Lily and Albert have their own secrets to share: They both have told lies, and Lily has told a lie that may cost Albert his life. A Newbery Honor Book.

This book was left in the Little Free Library. It was released for the 2021 April Showers/May Flowers release challenge.