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Nory Ryan's Song
by Patricia Reilly Giff
- LITERATURE
- 2002
- PAPER
- 148 PAGES
- MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A historical novel, set in western Ireland in 1845 and narrated by 12-year-old Nory Ryan, whose family faces starvation as a consequence of the potato blight. Atmospheric and compelling, this book is a fine introduction to the potato famine, English-Irish tensions and the Irish migration to America. Ages 10 to 12.
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