{"product_id":"under-the-hawthorn-tree-dvd","title":"Under The Hawthorn Tree (Dvd)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA film treatment of Marita Conlon-McKenna's acclaimed novel, which brilliantly\u003cbr\u003erecreated the Great Irish Famine of the 1840s through the story of three young\u003cbr\u003esurvivors.\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Young Irish Filmmakers, and now available for the first time on\u003cbr\u003eDVD.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA study guide to this film and the book is available for free.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIreland in the 1840s was in the grip of a terrible famine. When their father\u003cbr\u003eand mother go missing in a desperate search for food, the three O'Driscoll\u003cbr\u003echildren, Eily, Michael, and Peggy, are left to fend for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarving\u003cbr\u003eand in danger of the dreaded workhouse, they escape. Their one hope is to find\u003cbr\u003ethe great-aunts they have heard about in their mother's stories. With\u003cbr\u003etremendous courage they set out on a journey that will test every reserve of\u003cbr\u003estrength, love, and loyalty they possess.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorksheets available on request\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Biography: Marita Conlon-McKenna is one of Ireland's most popular\u003cbr\u003echildren's authors. Her other books include The Blue Horse, No Goodbye, Safe\u003cbr\u003eHarbour, and In Deep Dark Wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBooks Ireland\u003cbr\u003eAs gripping a story as the original, embracing not just a sense of\u003cbr\u003eplace-Ireland-but a sense of time and history . . . Not a word, spoken or\u003cbr\u003eunspoken, nor an emotion, is wasted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003cbr\u003eThe horrors of the potato famine in Ireland vividly leap from the pages of\u003cbr\u003ethis first novel. The O'Driscolls are a poor family whose lives depend on the\u003cbr\u003epotato crop. When it fails, they are doomed. The father has left to find work\u003cbr\u003eelsewhere, and when he does not return, Mrs. O'Driscoll goes to find him,\u003cbr\u003eleaving feisty Eily, the oldest, in charge of her two younger siblings. She\u003cbr\u003ealso does not return, forcing the children to set out to find two great-aunts\u003cbr\u003eabout whom they've heard stories; their alternative is going to the workhouse.\u003cbr\u003eAt this point, the story becomes one of resourceful and determined children\u003cbr\u003eseeking to stay together in the hope of being reunited with the rest of their\u003cbr\u003efamily. The tale is episodic, but should sustain the interest of its target\u003cbr\u003eaudience. The characters are largely two-dimensional and are sometimes mere\u003cbr\u003evehicles to help tell the history of the period. The book succeeds on this\u003cbr\u003elevel, and readers are left with a glimmer of hope as the children reach their\u003cbr\u003eelderly aunts, but with their future still a mystery. A worthwhile addition.\u003cbr\u003e--Renee Steinberg, Fieldstone Middle School, Montvale, NJ\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"O’Brien Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51273161310491,"sku":"9781847172495","price":21.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0915\/4363\/4203\/files\/under-the-hawthorn-tree-dvd-9585995.jpg?v=1781794209","url":"https:\/\/abcschoolsupplies.co.uk\/products\/under-the-hawthorn-tree-dvd","provider":"ABC School Supplies ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}