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Under the Hawthorn Tree
By Conlon-McKenna, Marita & Teskey, Donald
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-82340-838-2
- Publisher
- New York : Holiday House, 1990.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 1990
Gr 4-6 The horrors of the potato famine in Ireland vividly leap from the pages of this first novel. The O'Driscolls are a poor family whose lives depend on the potato crop. When it fails, they are doomed. The father has left to find work elsewhere, and when he does not return, Mrs. O'Driscoll goes to find him, leaving feisty Eily, the oldest, in charge of her two younger sibli...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
