Small Beauties: The Journey of Darcy Heart O'Hara

by Elvira Woodruff

Other authorsAdam Rex (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 2006

Tags

NCSS Standards Theme--Time-Continuity-Change, NCSS Standards Theme--People-Places-Environments, NCSS Standards Theme--Individual Development and Identity, Geography-Poeple-Places, Reading Level-Primary (K-2)Reading Level-Intermediate (3-5), Reading Level-Primary (K-2), Reading Level-Intermediate (3-5)

Genres

Collection

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

Publication

Knopf Books for Young Readers (2006), Edition: First Edition, 40 pages

Description

Darcy Heart O'Hara, a young Irish girl who neglects her chores to observe the beauties of nature and everyday life, shares "family memories" with her homesick parents and siblings after the O'Haras are forced to emigrate to America in the 1840s.

Subjects

Emigration and immigration Fiction
Family life Ireland Fiction
Ireland History Famine, 1845-1852 Fiction
Ireland History Famine, 1845-1852 Juvenile fiction

Awards

Chickadee Award (Nominee — 2008)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Picture Books — 2009)
CCBC Choices (2007)
NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People (2007)

Language

English

Original language

English

Original publication date

2006

Pages

40

Physical description

40 p.; 10.19 inches

ISBN

0375826866 / 9780375826863

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