famine, 1845-1852

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.

Cartoons and facts combine to explain what it was like to be a farmer during the Irish Potato Famine and to travel across the Atlantic Ocean onboard a ship to America.

The faeries of Knockabeg become involved in the Irish potato famine of 1845 to 1852 as they wage war on each other.

Darcy Heart O'Hara, a young Irish girl who neglects her chores to observe the beauties of nature and everyday life, shares "family memories" with her homesick parents and siblings after the O'Haras are forced to emigrate to America in the 1840s.

Soon after Katie wishes for her potatoes to disappear during dinner, a potato famine ravages her native Ireland, forcing her to leave for America.

Discusses the potato famine that devastated Ireland in the nineteenth century and led to a widespread immigration to the United States.

In the mid-1800s, Nory and her neighbor and friend, Sean, set out separately on a dangerous journey from famine-plagued Ireland, hoping to reach a better life in America.

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

Presents first-person accounts from people who remember the potato famine that swept Ireland in the mid-nineteenth-century causing widespread starvation, and includes related illustrations.