Nory Ryan Nory Ryan's Song, Book 1, (Paperback)

from Andrewturner

Overall, I feel this book was quite the amazing read. It had its moments like most books where the story became slow and uninteresting. However, I still enjoyed reading this book and I would recommend it for anyone who has not yet read it. I feel the author choose an amazing topic to write about....

from abbylibrarian

Nory Ryan is content with her life, waiting for her Da to come back with money from his fishing expeditions, dreaming about the day that they'll all move to Brooklyn, New York, America and be free from hunger and walk on streets paved with diamonds. She helps take care of her younger brother and ...

from mrn945

This narrative was written more for pre-teens than adults, however I found it quite interesting. The language is simply, but that does not detract from the impact of the words. The novel is written from the perspective of a young girl at the beginning of the Irish Famine, just before the blight b...

from yourotherleft

Nory Ryan's Song is the first in a trilogy about an Irish family leaving Ireland for Brooklyn, New York amid the catastrophe of the potato famine. Nory Ryan and her family live in an Irish glen by the sea. There they are oppressed by an English landlord who is always seaching for the simplest exc...

from SadieReads

"Nory Ryan's Song" is a touching tale of a young Irish girl's struggle during the potato famine of 1845. Facing financial hardship even before the start of the famine, Nory's family slowly starts to pull apart. Her mother died giving birth to Nory's three-year-old brother, Patch, and her father i...