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'makes a whole part of our history come alive, while it still remains a thrilling adventure tale.' -- RTE Guide RTE Guide ' ... beautiful and moving ... historically true and fictionally vivid.' -- The Sunday Times 'A great survival saga' -- Irish Independent Irish Independent 'The Great Irish Famine of the 1840s has received more fictional treatment than almost any other period in Irish historical children's books. Writing about the Famine posed new challenges to writers for children. The traditional passivity linked to ideas about famine would need to be overcome by some kind of action. The intense and horrible suffering and disease would need to be confronted truthfully but without lurid sensationalism. Some sense of an ending would need to be provided. In Under the Hawthorn Tree, Marita Conlon-McKenna confronted these problems with honesty and simplicity: the plight of three children becomes a kind of pilgrimage. The search for survival is not merely that, but also a search to sustain family loyalty and preserve memory.' -- The Big Guide to Irish Children's Books 'the powerful story of the survival of three children, alone, and against the odds.' -- Publishing News 'Marita Conlon-Mckenna handles this appalling event in Irish history sensitively but never compromising the truth of hardship and human suffering.' -- Jane Murphy - writeaway.org.uk '(A) vivid picture of the Famine era' 'fascinating and terrifying' --Evening Echo
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This is the first book in the famine trilogy. "The Great Irish Famine" brilliantly recreated through the story of three young survivors. Ireland in the 1840s is devastated by famine. When tragedy strikes their family Eily, Michael and Peggy are left to fend for themselves. Starving and in danger of ending up in the dreaded workhouse, they escape. Their one hope is to find the great-aunts they have heard about in their mother's stories. With tremendous courage they set out on a journey that will test every reserve of strength, love and loyalty they possess.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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i'm trying to think of faults...,
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This review is from: Under the Hawthorn Tree: Children of the Famine (Paperback)
but i just can't!its a very touching book about three children during the famine. when they're parents dissapear they are evicted from their house and left with nothing but each other and the childhood stories of some far-away relatives. the children set out on a long journey with little food, a journey which will force them to band togeather and grow up. its a good childrens story with the added benifit of being historically sound and helps us learn about our heritage and appreciate what we have
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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An excellent book,
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This review is from: Under the Hawthorn Tree: Children of the Famine (Paperback)
Being a girl of a similar age to the ones in the story I found it very easy to try and put myself in their position - and to realise how lucky I am. I'm not sure I could cope with such hardship. They were lucky to have each other - they loved each other and helped each other through the very hard times. The next two in the trilogy are a must. I would have loved there to have been a fourth book just to round the story off.
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A sensitive look at a complicated subject,
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This review is from: Under the Hawthorn Tree: Children of the Famine (VCB/Puffin) (Paperback)
My nine year old daughter was captured completely by this tale of the woes of three children who struggle to survive at the time of Ireland's great famine.On one level, it is perhaps the most depressing children's book around, but this tale of survival against fearful odds was received in the uplifting spirit with which the author obviously planned it to be received. My nine year old loved it and was rooting for our heroes from beginning to end. It also raised a lot of questions too. Why was such a thing allowed to happen? How come the fields were still full of wheat and corn and no-one fed the people? ("Cereals being the oil of their day, they went to feed the horses of the rich in England" I explained. "But that's not fair Daddy..."). Be prepared for some awkward questions about our unjust society, but also for some joyous responses as the young protagonists face danger after danger only to come out of the experience enriched on many levels... as your child will be after reading this.
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