| Nory Ryan's Song Contributor(s): Giff, Patricia Reilly (Author) |
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ISBN: 0440418291 ISBN-13: 9780440418290 Publisher: Yearling Books OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2002 Annotation: Nory Ryan's family has lived on Maidin Bay on the west coast of Ireland for generations, raising a pig and a few chickens, planting potatoes, getting by. Every year Nory's father goes away on a fishing boat and returns with the rent money for the English lord who owns their cottage and fields, the English lord bent upon forcing the Irish from their land so he can tumble the cottages and clear the fields for grazing. Times are never easy on Maidin Bay, but this year, a terrible blight attacks the potatoes. No crop means starvation. Twelve-year-old Nory must summon the courage and ingenuity to find food, to find hope, to find a way to help her family survive. "From the Hardcover edition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Europe - Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 600 |
| Series: Nory Ryan |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.22" W x 7.62" (0.29 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Irish - Cultural Region - Ireland - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 36700 Reading Level: 4.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nory Ryan's family has lived on Maidin Bay on the west coast of Ireland for generations, raising a pig and a few chickens, planting potatoes, getting by. Every year Nory's father goes away on a fishing boat and returns with the rent money for the English lord who owns their cottage and fields, the English lord bent upon forcing the Irish from their land so he can tumble the cottages and clear the fields for grazing. Times are never easy on Maidin Bay, but this year, a terrible blight attacks the potatoes. No crop means starvation. Twelve-year-old Nory must summon the courage and ingenuity to find food, to find hope, to find a way to help her family survive. |