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Under the Hawthorn Tree: Children of the Famine


VCB Puffin

No. of pages 128

Published: 1992

Great for age 7-10 years

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During the Great Famine in Ireland in the 1840s, three children are left alone and in danger of being sent to the workhouse, so they set out to find the great-aunts they remember from their mother's stories.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Children Of the Famine, Vcb Puffin .

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published in 1992 by Penguin Random House Children's UK .

Marita Conlon-McKenna is one of Ireland's bestselling novelists, writing both for children and adults. Her children's book UNDER THE HAWTHORN TREE has sold more than 500, 000 copies. Marita lives in the Stilorgan area of Dublin with her husband and four children.

 

This book is in the following series:

Children of the Famine

VCB Puffin