THE HUNGER is the exciting tale of a girl swept up in the fight for a free and fair Ireland, set at the time of the Potato Famine. It's 1845, and blight has destroyed the precious potato crop leaving Ireland starving. Phyllis works hard to support her struggling family, but when her mother's health deteriorates she sets off in search of her rebel brother and is soon swept up in Ireland's fight for freedom...
- ISBN13 9781407104799
- Publish Date 5 May 2008
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 May 2016
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Scholastic
- Format Paperback
- Pages 192
- Language English