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The Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl
By Denenberg, Barry
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-59092-667-6
- Publisher
- New York : Scholastic, 1997
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 1997
Gr 5-8 The story of 14-year-old Mary Driscoll's escape from the famine in her native County Cork, Ireland, and her new life working in a textile mill in Lowell, MA, is presented in brief diary entries dated from April to November 1847. The purpose of using a diary format seems to be to allow enough white space on the page to keep readers f...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
