Water Street

Written by Patricia Reilly Giff

In 1875 Brooklyn, Bird seeks courage and friendship while uncovering a neighbor's secret.

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176 pages· 33,653 words· Est. 4.5 hour read· 740L

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Bookroo's summary

In 1875 Brooklyn, young Bird Mallon dreams of becoming a healer like her mother. She faces family challenges and yearns for a friend. When Thomas Neary moves in upstairs, Bird discovers he harbors a secret. As they form an unexpected bond, Bird's courage is tested. Can she help her family and uncover Thomas's mystery? Amidst the backdrop of a growing city, friendship and bravery intertwine in unexpected ways.

From the publisher

Brooklyn, 1875: Bird Mallon lives on Water Street where you can see the huge towers of the bridge to Manhattan being built. Bird wants nothing more in life than to be brave enough to be a healer, like her mother, Nory, to help her sister Annie find love, and to convince her brother, Hughie, to stop fighting for money with his street gang. And of course, she wishes that a girl would move into the empty apartment upstairs so that she can have a new friend close by. But Thomas Neary and his Pop move in upstairs. Thomas who writes about his life in his journal–his father who spends each night at the Tavern down the street, the mother he wishes he had, and the Mallon family downstairs that he desperately wants to be a part of. Thomas, who has a secret that only Bird suspects, and who turns out to be the best friend Bird could ever have.

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