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Hunger : a tale of courage / Donna Jo Napoli.

Summary:

In the autumn of 1846 in Ireland, twelve-year-old Lorraine and her family struggle to survive during the Irish potato famine, but when Lorraine meets Miss Susannah, the daughter of the wealthy English landowner who owns Lorraine's family's farm, they form an unlikely friendship that they must keep secret due to the deep cultural divide between their two families.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1481477498
  • ISBN: 9781481477499
  • Physical Description: 259 pages : map
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, [2018]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Paula Wiseman Book."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 8-12.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 25.99
Subject: Famines > Ireland > Juvenile fiction.
Survival > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Social classes > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Juvenile fiction.
Ireland > History > Famine, 1845-1852 > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lakeshore Branch J FIC Napol 31681020078978 JFIC Available -

Donna Jo Napoli is the acclaimed and award-winning author of many novels, both fantasies and contemporary stories. She won the Golden Kite Award for Stones in Water in 1997. Her novel Zel was named an American Bookseller Pick of the Lists, a Publishers Weekly Best Book, a Bulletin Blue Ribbon, and a School Library Journal Best Book, and a number of her novels have been selected as ALA Best Books. She is a professor of linguistics at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, where she lives with her husband. Visit her at DonnaJoNapoli.com.

Donna Jo Napoli is the acclaimed and award-winning author of many novels, both fantasies and contemporary stories. She won the Golden Kite Award for Stones in Water in 1997. Her novel Zel was named an American Bookseller Pick of the Lists, a Publishers Weekly Best Book, a Bulletin Blue Ribbon, and a School Library Journal Best Book, and a number of her novels have been selected as ALA Best Books. She is a professor of linguistics at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, where she lives with her husband. Visit her at DonnaJoNapoli.com.


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