The Hunger: The Diary of Phyllis McCormack, Ireland, 1845-1847

5 best books like The Hunger: The Diary of Phyllis McCormack, Ireland, 1845-1847 (Carol Drinkwater): Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter, Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic, 1912, We're Going on a Bear Hunt, Happenstance Found, Anne Boleyn and Me: The Diary of Elinor Valjean, London, 1525-1536

Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

Author	Adeline Yen Mah
ISBN	0440228654

A riveting memoir of a girl's painful coming-of-age in a wealthy Chinese family during the 1940s.

A Chinese proverb says, "Falling leaves return to their roots." In Chinese Cinderella, Adeline Yen Mah returns to her roots to tell the story of her painful childhood and her ultimate triumph...

Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic, 1912

Author	Ellen Emerson White
ISBN	0590962736

Of the Titanic story, I always find it most difficult to get through reading or hearing about the crew who sacrificed their lives. What amazes me most is that the band selflessly played through the entire ordeal without rushing to the lifeboats and trying to save themselves. If there was one thing I could...

We're Going on a Bear Hunt

Author	Michael Rosen
ISBN	0689853491

A Scathing Review of We're Going on a Bear Hunt, aka "The Children's Guide to Passive Suicide"

Before we go any further, a little context:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWpzxz...

There are plenty of children's books about self destructive impulses. In The Cat in the...

Happenstance Found

Author	P.W. Catanese
ISBN	1416975195

Twelve-year-old Happenstance awakens in a cave with no memory of who he is or how he came to be there. Soon a mysterious trio arrives to take him away: the explorer Umber, the shy archer Sophie, and Oates, whose strength and honesty are both brutal. Hap and his new acquaintances narrowly escape the...

Anne Boleyn and Me: The Diary of Elinor Valjean, London, 1525-1536

Author

Alison Prince

When the King came riding in on his big, black horse, a murmer went up, because his tunic was stitched with the words, DECLARE I DARE NOT. All the ladies were giggling behind their hands, and I asked Mama what it meant. Her face had turned quite pink and she said, ..Never mind.., so I asked Rosanna later. She...