![]() Their father had gone to work on the roads and their mother had gone in search for food – they hadn’t returned and the readers can only conclude that they are dead. ?The potato blight has struck and millions are without their primary (and only) source of food. ![]() I can see why this book has been so popular, it is a lovely way to make history come alive for children, reading about other kids their age and how they manage to survive by going on a long journey to find their only known relatives. Last year they read ‘Holes’, I hadn’t come across it before and I loved it. ![]() The children are reading it in school at the moment and I like to read the novel they are doing. ?It’s been sitting on our bookshelves for ages but neither of the children had been compelled to read it (Famous Five, Harry Potter, Hardy Boys – all seemed more exciting!) and I hadn’t got around to reading it to them. Under the Hawthorn Tree by Marita Conlon-McKenna is a historical novel for children – set at the time of the Great Potato Famine. ![]()
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