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Hunger

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Hunger

By: Donna Jo Napoli
Narrated by: Sarah-Jane Drummey
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Through the eyes of 12-year-old Lorraine, this haunting novel from the award-winning author of Hidden and Hush gives insight and understanding into a little-known part of history - the Irish potato famine.

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?

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.

©2018 Donna Jo Napoli (P)2018 Tantor
Difficult Situations Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction Racism & Discrimination Young Adult Fiction Ireland Famine Feel-Good
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My nine year old daughter and I really enjoyed this audiobook. We loved the facts at the end.

enjoyed the book

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Excellent historical fiction novel about The Great Potato Famine in Ireland in the mid-late 1800s that led to massive starvation and Irish immigration to America.

Good for middle school to adult readers!!!

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Great but sad story. Informational history included. Characters were beautifully done. Enjoyed it thoroughly.

The Hunger of Ireland

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The narrator makes turned this into a harsh experience. Neither my daughter or I could finish the book. Wasted a credit 🥱

Narration yawn

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I’m not sure what it was. The narration wasn’t bad, but the story just was blah. Interesting time in history and I know that this is a YA book, but I was reading it thinking my students might find it interesting. I’m afraid that many of them would not finish the book.

It just didn’t grab my attention.

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