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Hunger
by Donna Jo Napoli
Ages: 9+
Published: 2018
Publisher: A Paula Wiseman Book/Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 978-1-4814-7749-9
Keywords: Irish Potato Famine, Survival, Ireland
In 1846 Ireland, Lorraine's family, like many others, leases farmland from English landowners. Then a blight wipes out the crucial potato crop. Extensive back matter.