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Maggie’s Door

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Description

We will dance on the cliffs of Brooklyn.

Maggie’s Door is the story of the journey from Ireland to The usa told by both Nory and her neighbor and friend Sean Red Mallon, two different stories with the same destination—the home of Nory’s sister Maggie, at 416 Smith Street, Brooklyn, The usa.

Patricia Reilly Giff calls upon her long research into Irish history and her great powers as a storyteller in this deeply involving, riveting stand-on my own companion novel to Nory Ryan’s Song.

From the Hardcover edition.
416 Smith Street, Brooklyn, The usa: this is the ultimate goal for Nory Ryan as she flees her famine-ridden home in mid-1800s Ireland. Separately, her circle of relatives has departed for a new life in The usa; Nory is the last to go. Keeping her sister Maggie’s address as regards to her heart, Nory embarks on the perilous, heart-breaking journey to Galway and onward. Meanwhile, her friend Sean Red Mallon is only some days ahead, traveling with his mother and Nory’s little brother, Patch, with the same destination in mind. Picking up where Nory Ryan’s Song leaves off, award-winning writer Patricia Reilly Giff’s historical novel tells, in alternating voices, Nory and Sean’s stories. Readers will be engrossed in the series of dramatic events, in addition to the grueling day-by-day struggle, as the protagonists suffer injuries, thievery, separations, and horrific sea passages. The very real tragedy of the Irish potato famine and the subsequent exodus from that country is delivered to life in a fictional account with the intention to make a profound, lasting mark on the memories of young readers. (Ages 9 to 12) –Emilie Coulter


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