Under the Hawthorn Tree. An Irish novel

Marita Conlon-McKenna

Ireland during the famine of 1845–1849. Little Eily, Michael, and Peggy are left alone — their mum and dad have gone missing in a desperate search for food. Their great-aunts live far away. To avoid being sent to a workhouse, the children go in search of their relatives. But on the long journey, they will face more than one danger, and their lives will be threatened more than once. This is the first book in the Children of the Famine trilogy. The next two parts are Wildflower Girl and Fields of Home.