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Nory Ryan's Song
By Giff, Patricia Reilly
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-38532-141-9
- Publisher
- New York : Delacorte Press, 2000.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 4, 2000
Gr 5-8 Set at the beginning of the Irish Potato Famine in 1845, this survival story is told by lively, 12-year-old Nory Ryan. She shares a small dwelling with her family, hens, and a pig in a subsistence-farming village on the country's west-central coast. They are anxiously awaiting the return of their Da, who has gone to sea to earn money. Their English landlord is evicting tenants who cannot pay rent, forcing them into the streets, and destroying their thatc...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
