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The Hunger

Carol Drinkwater

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...

GenresIrelandHistoryFamine, 1845-1852Juvenile fictionDiary fictionChildren's stories

187 pages, 4 editions

English edition · First published 2001 by Scholastic · ISBN 9781407104799

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Editions

4 editions

English

  • The hunger · Scholastic · 2008 · ISBN 9781407104799 This page
  • The Hunger · Scholastic · 2015 · ISBN 9781407156880
  • The Hunger · Scholastic · 2015 · ISBN 9781407152554
  • The Hunger - The Diary of Phyllis McCormack, Ireland 1845-1847 (My Story) · Scholastic · 2001 · ISBN 9780439997409

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