by Marita Conlon-McKenna · O'Brien · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780862782832
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«Wildflower Girl» is the historical novel for young readers by Marita Conlon-McKenna, published by O'Brien in paperback (176 pages, in English).
Second instalment of the Children of the Famine trilogy. After surviving the Great Famine in Ireland, Peggy, now thirteen, crosses the Atlantic alone to build a future in America. A story of courage, independence and adventure, marked by the uncertainty of the journey and her longing for family.
Second title in the Children of the Famine trilogy, which begins with Under the Hawthorn Tree and continues with Fields of Home. Originally published in 1991, with illustrations by Donald Teskey.
For young readers and adults who enjoy historical fiction set in mid-nineteenth-century Ireland.
Marita Conlon-McKenna is an Irish author of children's books and adult fiction. She is best known for her Famine-era historical children's book Under the Hawthorn Tree, the first book of the Children of the Famine trilogy, which was published in 1990 and achieved immediate success. Praised for its child-accessible yet honest depiction of the Great Famine, Under the Hawthorn Tree has been translated into over a dozen languages and is taught in classrooms worldwide. Conlon-McKenna went on to be a prolific writer and has published over 20 books for both young readers and adults. Her debut adult novel Magdalen was published in 1999.
