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. Reading Level: 4.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 Review Citations: PW Notes and Reprints pg. Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.22" W x 7.62" (0.29 lbs) 176 pagesĪwards: Flicker Tale Children's Book Award, Nominee, Juvenile, 2003 Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) 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. Times are never easy on Maidin Bay, but this year, a terrible blight attacks the potatoes. 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. WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guaranteeīinding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & EditionsĪnnotation: 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. Contributor(s): Giff, Patricia Reilly (Author)
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