Hunger
Hunger
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Hunger

Written by Donna Jo Napoli
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10 - 14
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272
Page count
214
Words per page
HL550L
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Jan 5, 2018
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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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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781481477499
    Publication Date
    January 5, 2018
    Publisher
    Simon SchusterPaula Wiseman Books
    Original Publication Date
    February 1, 2018
    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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