famine, 1845-1852

In 1847, during the Great Famine, twelve-year-old Mary O'Flynn keeps a journal of life and death among Ireland's tenant farmers.

In 1847, Choona and his Choctaw tribe hear of the famine in Ireland and raise $170 to help them, but first Choona must find it in his heart to forgive the people who killed his ancestors during the Long March.

Chronicles the tragedy of the nineteenth century Irish famine, analyzing the potato famine itself from agricultural science through the English politics and policy decisions that made it worse, to the impact of the Irish immigration in America.

Examines the reasons why so many immigrants from Ireland came to the United States between 1845 and 1850, many fleeing the potato famine which was causing widespread starvation, and discusses where they settled and what their lives were like in the new country.

Presents the history of the Great Irish Famine politically, agriculturally, culturally, and demographically.

In the 1840s, as the potato famine spreads throughout Ireland, thirteen-year-old Nora finds solace in the family's large wooden cupboard where she fantasizes of cakes and other good things, and, when her father decides that they should set sail for America, the old cupboard helps make her dreams come true.

Describes the causes and effects of the Irish Potato Famine, which began in 1845.

When a terrible blight attacks Ireland's potato crop in 1845, twelve-year-old Nory Ryan's courage and ingenuity help her family and neighbors survive.

To escape the Irish potato famine of the 1840s, twelve-year-old Annie and her brother emigrate to New York City where they join their older sister as servants, earning money to bring the rest of their family to America, where they discover that both food and hardships abound.

In 1847, Choona and his Choctaw tribe hear of the famine in Ireland and raise $170 to help them, but first Choona must find it in his heart to forgive the people who killed his ancestors during the Long March.