by Marita Conlon-McKenna · O'Brien Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780862783051
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«The Blue Horse» is the young adult novel by Marita Conlon-McKenna, published by O'Brien Press in paperback (176 pages, in English).
The story follows Katie, a girl whose life is turned upside down when a fire destroys the family home and they are left with nothing. Instead of bringing them together, the misfortune seems to tear them apart: the family moves to a new house and Katie arrives at a school where no one welcomes her. In her struggle to be accepted and to keep her family together, she discovers a lot about herself.
A read for young readers, especially those who enjoy realistic stories about family and overcoming adversity.
Marita Conlon-McKenna is an Irish author of children's books and adult fiction. She is best known for her Famine-era historical children's book Under the Hawthorn Tree, the first book of the Children of the Famine trilogy, which was published in 1990 and achieved immediate success. Praised for its child-accessible yet honest depiction of the Great Famine, Under the Hawthorn Tree has been translated into over a dozen languages and is taught in classrooms worldwide. Conlon-McKenna went on to be a prolific writer and has published over 20 books for both young readers and adults. Her debut adult novel Magdalen was published in 1999.
