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3) Flamefall
Author
Series
Aurelian cycle volume 2
Publisher
Putnam/G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
"After a brutal revolution Callipolis is ravaged by famine and the Pythians are ready for revenge, so it's up to Annie, Lee, and newcomer Griff to decide what to fight for, and who to love"--
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Mulan meets The Song of Achilles in Shelley Parker-Chan's She Who Became the Sun, a bold, queer, and lyrical reimagining of the rise of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty from an amazing new voice in literary fantasy. To possess the Mandate of Heaven, the female monk Zhu will do anything "I refuse to be nothing..." In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. A boy, greatness. A girl, nothingness......
Author
Series
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
The Dragon Masters have defeated the evil wizard Maldred, but not before the Kingdom of Bracken was devastated by Naga, the earthquake dragon; now Drake and his dragon, Worm, must appeal to the spring dragon, Fallyn, who is their only hope of restoring Bracken before its people starve--but Fallyn lives deep inside a secret fairy world, and Drake must pass a series of tricky tests before he can even make his appeal.
Author
Publisher
Entangled Teen, an imprint of Entangled Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Yzabel sought out Fatyan to help her save the people of Portugal from the famine caused by a reverse magic within her turning food to flowers, but when love begins to blossom between them, it could mean Yzabel's destruction instead.
There is a famine plaguing the land, and Princess Yzabel is wasting food simply by trying to eat. Before she can even swallow, her cursed magic turns her meal into a bouquet. She is on the verge of starving, and so are...
8) Winterkill
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Despite their political differences Nyl, a young Ukrainian farmer, and Alice, a Canadian girl whose father has come to the Soviet Union, struggle to survive the famine-genocide known as the Holodomor, when the forced collectivization of the Ukrainian farms and hard winters led to mass starvation and death.
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"For fans of Ariadne, a spellbinding debut fantasy about a human who gets trapped with the god of Autumn, who brings with him life-threatening danger and a forbidden romance. Under the right circumstances, would even a god fall? Tirne is one of four humans rigorously selected to usher the turn of the seasons into the mortal world. Every year, she escorts the taciturn god Autumn between the godly and human realms. Autumn's seasonal stay among mortals...
10) Nory Ryan's song
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
When a terrible blight attacks Ireland's potato crop in 1845, twelve-year-old Nory Ryan's courage and ingenuity helps her family and neighbors survive.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Two women from different generations of the same family fiercely fight for their futures while running a small bakery in Montmartre, in the new novel from the author of The School for German Brides."--
1870: The Prussians are at the city gates, intent to starve Paris into submission. When an excursion throws wealthy Lisette Vigneau into the path of a revolutionary National Guardsman, Thèodore Fournier, she gives up her life of luxury to join in...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The threads on Zlata's beautiful birthday blouse were knotted by her mother's hands. "Red is for love, and black is for sadness," her Papa says. Her Mama warns her not to show it off. Ever since the Communists came from Russia to Ukraine, they prohibited the teaching of Ukrainian culture. They've even taken the grain from Zlata's family's fields. But despite the danger, her parents refuse to give up their art, language, or beliefs. As Zlata works...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
HL 550L
Language
English
Description
In the autumn of 1846 in Ireland, twelve-year-old Lorraine and her family struggle to survive during the Irish potato famine, but when Lorraine meets Miss Susannah, the daugher of the wealthy English landowner who owns Lorraine's family's farm, they form an unlikely friendship that they must keep secret due to the deep cultural divide between their two families.
14) Katie's wish
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Soon after Katie wishes for her potatoes to disappear during dinner, a potato famine ravages her native Ireland, forcing her to leave for America.
15) Trinity
Author
Language
English
Description
The "terrible beauty" that is Ireland comes alive in this mighty epic that re-creates that Emerald's Isle's fierce struggle for independence. Trinity is a saga of glories and defeats, triumphs and tragedies, lived by a young Catholic rebel and the beautiful and valiant Protestant girl who defied her heritage to join him. Leon Uris has painted a masterful portrait of a beleaguered people divided by religion and wealth--impoverished Catholic peasants...
17) The four books
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In the ninety-ninth district of a sprawling reeducation compound, freethinking artists and academics are detained to strengthen their loyalty to Communist ideologies. They are forced to carry out grueling physical work and are encouraged to inform on each other for dissident behavior. The prize: winning the chance at freedom. They're overseen by preadolescent supervisor, the Child, who delights in reward systems and excessive punishments. When agricultural...
18) Galway Bay
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"In the bestselling tradition of Frank Delaney, Colleen McCullough, and Maeve Binchy comes a poignant historical family saga set against Ireland's Great Starvation and the building of Chicago."--Provided by the publisher.
19) Grace
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Cast out of her home by her mother, Grace, disguised as a boy and accompanied by her younger brother, embarks on a life-changing odyssey in the looming shadow of Ireland's Great Famine.