Every Friday, Jack spends the day with his Grandma. They romp roly-poly on the ground, they read stories and they eat cake. Then, one cold and rainy Friday, the

Almost no one knew what a potato was in 1500. Today they are the world's fourth most important food. How did this happen?

Pbk. With his family dead and his village destroyed during the 1840's Irish potato famine, young Patrick Flynne leaves home and begins his journey to America in

For anyone who has ever felt like a potato in middle school, this hilarious story about a boy forced to become the dorkiest school mascot ever will have readers

Sibert Award Winner: This true story of five years of starvation in Ireland is “a fascinating account of a terrible time” (Kirkus Reviews). In 1845, a disas