Patricia Reilly Giff never disappoints. This verse is a tale of around the time of the potato famine. The story isn’t about the famine, but the time during the Drumlish Land War, the Irish were very poor, life was hard and the English could know down your home for a place to raise their sheep.  Anna takes her baby sister to go live with an old aunt she has never met. Their Da is working and no one knows when he will be back,  This is a time when hundreds of people came together to make the English back off from claiming people’s homes. Their voices were heard.

Throughout the verse, are many photographs taken during this time frame. There is a glossary to help with some vocabulary that may not be familiar to the reader.

Reviewed by Jeri Fitzpatrick, GNG Middle School, Gray