Nory Ryan's Song

Nory Ryan's family has lived on Maidin Bay on the west coast of Ireland for generations, raising a pig and a few chickens, planting potatoes, getting by. Every year Nory's father goes away on a fishing boat and returns with the rent money for the English lord who owns their cottage and fields, the English lord bent upon forcing the Irish from their land so he can tumble the cottages and clear the fields for grazing. Times are never easy on Maidin Bay, but this year, a terrible blight attacks the potatoes. No crop means starvation. Twelve-year-old Nory must summon the courage and ingenuity to find food, to find hope, to find a way to help her family survive.

Author: Patricia Reilly Giff
Publisher: Yearling Books
Published: 09/10/2002
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.29lbs
Size: 7.62h x 5.22w x 0.45d
ISBN: 9780440418290
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.3
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 36700 / Nory Ryan's Song


Award: Flicker Tale Children's Book Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
PW Notes and Reprints 09/02/2002 pg. 79
PW Notes and Reprints 09/29/2003 pg. 67
Publishers Weekly 09/03/2002
Publishers Weekly 09/29/2003
Kliatt 07/01/2005 pg. 20

About the Author
Patricia Reilly Giff has written more than 50 books for young readers, including the Kids of the Polk Street School series.