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Tells the story of Nory Ryan and her neighbor Sean who try and make it to America for hope for the future. It takes place after Ireland's Black Potato crisis and both character's are struggling first to get to a ship to take them to America and then they struggle through the bad seas and famine in the ship to finally arrive at their families door step in Brooklyn, NY. The novel has a very slow start and is very depressing. I became very interested in the time period and the history behind the flights to America. It's a good History lesson and can make children feel very grateful for all they have. (

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jscheper | Nov 4, 2009 |

Amazing. I really, really enjoyed this books about the failure of potatoes on Ireland. Nory, a fearless adventurer, sets out alone after all her friends and family ahead, in search of a new life in America. Starving, thirtsy, and hurt, Nory succeeds to find Sean, her best friend and neighbor, his ma, and her little brother on the road. Sean's ma turns back for Ireland, while Nory, Sean, and little Nory go off and find America and a ship, meeting up with Nory's granda on the ship. This heart-pouding, sad story is worth five stars. (

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maidas10 | Sep 26, 2009 |

In the mid-1800s, Nory and her neighbor and friend, Sean, set out separately on a dangerous journey from famine-plagued Ireland, hoping to reach a better life in America. (

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ERMSMediaCenter | Feb 9, 2009 |

A great follow up to Nory Ryan's Song that has all the charm of the original. (

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SandSing7 | Jun 27, 2008 |

Sequel to Nory Ryan's Song. In the mid-1880's Nory and her neighbor and friend Sean set out separately on a dangerous journey from famine-plagued Ireland, hoping to reach a better life in America.

prkcs | Jan 31, 2007 |

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416 Smith Street, Brooklyn, America: this is the ultimate goal for Nory Ryan as she flees her famine-ridden home in mid-1800s Ireland. One by one, her family has departed for a new life in America; Nory is the last to go. Keeping her sister Maggie’s address close to her heart, Nory embarks on the perilous, heart-breaking journey to Galway and onward. Meanwhile, her friend Sean Red Mallon is just a few days ahead, traveling with his mother and Nory’s little brother, Patch, with the same destination in mind. Picking up where Nory Ryan’s Song leaves off, award-winning author Patricia Reilly Giff’s historical novel tells, in alternating voices, Nory and Sean’s stories. Readers will be engrossed in the series of dramatic events, as well as the grueling day-by-day struggle, as the protagonists suffer injuries, thievery, separations, and horrific sea passages. The very real tragedy of the Irish potato famine and the subsequent exodus from that country is brought to life in a fictional account that will make a profound, lasting mark on the memories of young readers. (Ages 9 to 12) --Emilie Coulter

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