Description
The gruesome truth hung in the air, and none of us wanted to go near it. Not yet.
Ireland, 1848. Fourteen-year-old Rosaleen watches her mother die. Her country is reeling from the great potato famine, which will ultimately kill more than one million people. Driven by a promise and her will to survive, Rosaleen flees her small coastal town.
She eventually arrives in America at the birth of the industrial revolution and is filled with hope and a new sense of independence. Yet the more Rosaleen becomes a part of this new world, the more she longs for a community she lost and a young man she can't forget.
Through a series of both heartwarming and tragic events, Rosaleen learns that she can't outrun the problems that come along with being Irish. And maybe, she doesn't want to.
Author: Lisa Boyle
Publisher: Lisa Boyle Writes, LLC
Published: 06/25/2021
Pages: 410
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.91d
ISBN13: 9781736607718
ISBN10: 1736607715
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical | United States | 19th Century
- Young Adult Fiction | Coming of Age
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration