Where the heart should be

It is 1846 and Ireland is starving.The potatoes are black, people are dying and in the midst of it all Nell must do everything she can to keep her family together, and everyone she loves alive. Even if it means giving up her every want, dream and desire.From multi-award-winning author Sarah Crossan...

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Main Author: Crossan, Sarah (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2025.
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:It is 1846 and Ireland is starving.The potatoes are black, people are dying and in the midst of it all Nell must do everything she can to keep her family together, and everyone she loves alive. Even if it means giving up her every want, dream and desire.From multi-award-winning author Sarah Crossan comes a stirring, heart-wrenching novel that explores the value we place on humanity and asks can you survive on love alone?
Physical Description:381 pages ; 22 cm
Audience:Ages Ages 13 up.
Grades 7-9.
ISBN:9780063384910
0063384914
Author Notes:Sarah Crossan grew up in Ireland and England. She graduated with a degree in philosophy and literature before training as an English and drama teacher at Cambridge University. She also completed her Masters in creative writing at the University of Warwick. In 2010, she received an Edward Albee Fellowship for writing. She taught English for many years before deciding to writing fulltime. Her teen novels include Breathe, The Weight of Water, Resist: Breathe 2, Apple and Rain, and One. She was awarded The Bookseller's 2016 YA Book Prize as well as the CILIP Carnegie Medal for her novel, One.

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