Twist of gold
Morpurgo, Michael2012
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A mother and her two surviving children, Sean and Annie, can no longer hold out against the terrible famine in Ireland. Near to death, the mother sends the children out to America, to track down their father.
Main title:
Twist of gold / Michael Morpurgo.
Author:
Edition:
New pbk. ed.
Imprint:
London : Egmont, 2007.
Collation:
299 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: Kingswood: Kaye & Ward, 1993.
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9781405229289 (pbk)1405229284 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.9'14JJO
Local class:
FIC.JFJFStoriesJF MOR 8SET IN THE PASTJC
Language:
English
Subject:
Irish -- United States -- Juvenile fictionImmigrant children -- United States -- Juvenile fictionFiction: historicalAccelerated readerAccelerated reader -- AR5.9Accelerated reader -- AR5Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fictionUnited States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fictionIreland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852 -- Juvenile fictionHistorical fictionChildren's storiesFiction 7+HistoricalChildren's stories
Index terms:
IrelandFamineEmigrationUSAAmericaAR 5.9
BRN:
430309