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So far from home : the diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish mill girl / by Barry Denenberg.

Denenberg, Barry. (Author).

Summary:
During the potato famine, young Mary Driscoll leaves her Ireland home for Lowell, Massachusetts, where deplorable working conditions and a false accusation of murder force her to rally more courage than she thought she had.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0590926675 (hc : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: 170 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scholastic, 1997.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847"--Cover.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader MG 4.4 3 3 17641
Subject: Irish Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants > Juvenile fiction.
Textile workers > Juvenile fiction.
Diaries > Juvenile fiction.
Lowell (Mass.) > Juvenile fiction.
Irish Americans > Fiction.
Immigrants > Fiction.
Textile workers > Fiction.
Diaries > Fiction.
Lowell (Mass.) > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 78 of 84 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 84 total copies.
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Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library JUV SER DEA (Text) 37268000795161 AHMFL Juvenile Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library JF DEA (Text) 33240003829028 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Annie Halenbake Ross Library JF Den (Text) 00095875 YOUTH Juvenile Fiction Available -
Beaverdale Public Library J F (Text) 31814480025896 BVRM Juvenile Fiction Available -
Bernville Area Community Library J DEA (Text) 33249015236981 Children's Fiction Available -
Bethel Tulpehocken Public Library J DEA (Text) 33249022486066 Children's Fiction Checked Out 04/26/2024
Blossburg Memorial Library JF DEN (Text) 30063000100901 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Boyertown Community Library J DEA (Text) 33249011370925 Children's Fiction Available -
Brandywine Community Library J DEA (Text) 33249017930722 Children's Fiction Available -
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