Hunger: A Tale of Courage
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It is the autumn of 1846 in Ireland. Lorraine and her brother are waiting for the time to pick the potato crop on their family farm leased from an English landowner. But this year is different—the spuds are mushy and ruined. What will Lorraine and her family do? Then Lorraine meets Miss Susannah, the daughter of the wealthy English landowner who owns Lorraine’s family’s farm, and the girls form an unlikely friendship that they must keep a secret from everyone. Two different cultures come together in a deserted Irish meadow. And Lorraine has one question: how can she help her family survive? A little known part of history, the Irish potato famine altered history forever and caused a great immigration in the later part of the 1800s. Lorraine’s story is a heartbreaking and ultimately redemptive story of one girl’s strength and resolve to save herself and her family against all odds.
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Donna Jo Napoli is a linguist and the award-winning author of over 50 books for young readers. She lives outside Philadelphia.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781481477499
- Publication Date
- January 5, 2018
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Page Count
- 272
- Words Per Page
- 214
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Reading Age
- 10 - 14 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2017015620
- Lexile® Level
- HL550L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~N
- ATOS® Book Level
- 3.9
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 8
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 194118
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- UG
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