THE HUNGER is the exciting tale of a girl swept up in the fight for a free and fair Ireland, set at the time of the Potato Famine. It's 1845, and blight has destroyed the precious potato crop leaving Ireland starving. Phyllis works hard to support her struggling family, but when her mother's health deteriorates she sets off in search of her rebel brother and is soon swept up in Ireland's fight for freedom...
| ISBN: | 9781407152554 |
| Publication date: | 5th February 2015 |
| Author: | Carol Drinkwater |
| Publisher: | Scholastic |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 182 pages |
| Series: | My Story |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage general interest: Lives of children in the past PSHE: Divorce Children’s / Teenage social topics: War and conflict issues Work / Industry Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction Historical Fiction True Stories |