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Can I read Under the Hawthorn Tree - Children of the Famine on EtoBox?
Under the Hawthorn Tree - Children of the Famine by Conlon-McKenna, Marita, author, Teskey, Donald, illustrator is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Under the Hawthorn Tree - Children of the Famine about?
The first book in the famine trilogy, with the original cover from 1990! Under the Hawthorn Tree is Ireland's top selling children's book and a classic for young readers worldwide. 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 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
Who reads Under the Hawthorn Tree - Children of the Famine?
It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.
Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.
- Author
- Conlon-McKenna, Marita, author, Teskey, Donald, illustrator
- Publisher
- Dublin : The O'Brien Press
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781847177865
- Category
- children's
- Subjects
- Children'S, Fiction, Juvenile
- Rating
- 4.17 / 5 (38 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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