Maggie's Door | 
| Author: Patricia Reilly Giff
Publisher: Yearling
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Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Pages: 176
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Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 4.9 x 0.5
ISBN: 0440415810
EAN: 9780440415817
ASIN: 0440415810
Publication Date: September 13, 2005
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416 Smith Street, Brooklyn, America: this is the ultimate goal for Nory Ryan as she flees her famine-ridden home in mid-1800s Ireland. One by one, her family has departed for a new life in America; Nory is the last to go. Keeping her sister Maggies address close to her heart, Nory embarks on the perilous, heart-breaking journey to Galway and onward. Meanwhile, her friend Sean Red Mallon is just a few days ahead, traveling with his mother and Norys little brother, Patch, with the same destination in mind. Picking up where Nory Ryans Song leaves off, award-winning author Patricia Reilly Giffs historical novel tells, in alternating voices, Nory and Seans stories. Readers will be engrossed in the series of dramatic events, as well as the grueling day-by-day struggle, as the protagonists suffer injuries, thievery, separations, and horrific sea passages. The very real tragedy of the Irish potato famine and the subsequent exodus from that country is brought to life in a fictional account that will make a profound, lasting mark on the memories of young readers. (Ages 9 to 12) --Emilie Coulter
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We will dance on the cliffs of Brooklyn.
Maggie’s Door is the story of the journey from Ireland to America told by both Nory and her neighbor and friend Sean Red Mallon, two different stories with the same destination—the home of Nory’s sister Maggie, at 416 Smith Street, Brooklyn, America.
Patricia Reilly Giff calls upon her long research into Irish history and her great powers as a storyteller in this deeply involving, riveting stand-alone companion novel to Nory Ryan’s Song.
From the Hardcover edition.
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 Book 2: Crossing the Atlantic January 7, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
A tribute to determination, fortitude, the staying spirit, "Maggie's Door" is a historical novel of the crossing of a microcosm of Irish from Maidin Bay to Galway to New York to Brooklyn to Maggie's Door.
The potato blight, which began in Ireland in 1845, continued for several years and was the catalyst for two to three million Irish immigrants to America. Leaving with only what they had on or could carry in a cloth bag, these Irish sought a new life, free of the downright mean English, fetid fields, and absolutely no food for people who worked the hostile land for potatoes as their only sustenance.
The trip by ship in cramped, filthy conditions was hardly better, but at least they had bug-filled meal to heat in a little water to eat. At least, a chance at a new life awaited them, making the journey worth its horrible conditions. (There is a museum in southern Ireland which depicts the Crossing and all its horrors.)
The microcosmic story of Nory Ryan features this twelve-year-old girl, who faces unknown perils to walk to Galway to find any family to make the Crossing. Her family is divided: Maggie and her husband went ahead a year ago. Da, Granda, and a sister have gone, and now Nory. Her life-long friend and neighbor Sean Red, also went ahead with his Mam and Patch, Nory's three-year-old brother.
Patricia Reilly Giff tells the story in alternating voices, first Nory's, then Sean's and how the stories meet on the Crossing. The writing is so vivid that I felt right there as part of the story, not as a reader looking in. I felt the panicky confinement, the malodorous smells of vomit, urine, feces, tasted the puckering of the meal. At the end of the journey some tried to wash their clothes by tying them to strings and dipping them in the ocean. After all, a doctor would examine them. If they did not meet health standards, they would be sent back.
Will this little band of Irish make it to Maggie's Door? Will more problems arise to torment them in the new country? What more is there to endure?
There is a third book in the series--"Water Street." The reader interested in this tragic piece of Irish history and the transition to the American history of many of our ancestors can find a great fictional account in this trilogy.
Nory Ryan's Song, Book 1
Maggie's Door Book 2
Water Street, Book 3
The Best Book you Would have ever read!!! May 16, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Best Book you would ever Read!!!
Nory walked down the long dirt road, which led to the ship that would take her, her dad and her younger brother to New York. Her mom died about eight years ago right after her little brother was born, her town's potato crop went down and everyone has to move to Brooklyn, New York.
This book Maggie's Door really puts you in the action of the story. It makes you feel like your there, you're the one who has to move to a different place, you have no food to eat. It makes you feel bad for Nory and her family to have to see what they have to go through, just to have something to eat, and a place to live.
This book has thought me that even I the worst of times never give up. You may think that nothing could get any worse, but then it does. While Nory and her brother are on the ship there grandpa dies, from then until they arrive in Brooklyn they have to survive on there own.
Now you know some information about his awesome book Maggie's Door, maybe you will read it to find out some more things that Nory and her brother go through. I would recommend this book for people who like to read books about adventures, if so then this would be a good book for you. This would also be a good book for kids between the ages of 12-15, because they would be more likely to understand it than a younger kid. But if you're the kind of person that likes books about fighting and wars than this is not the book for you.
tale as old as America herself May 4, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It is the great potato famine of Ireland and everyone is starving, save the rich Englishmen. Surviving on seaweed and scavenged eggs from the seabird's nests, Nory knows it is her turn. Her family has gone on, and she has nothing to hold her back.
Nory Ryan sets out, down the road to Galway, alone. She hopes to find her young brother and her neighbor Sean Red Mallon, and together set sail for America. Her sister Maggie has already arrived in Brooklyn, and waits at 416 Smith Street for her family to join her and her new husband, Sean Red's brother.
Nory's tale and Sean's are told in alternating chapters and sometimes with connecting moments that demonstrate the synchronicity of life. Sean is forced to leave his Mam and Nory's brother Patch, and when he returns they are nowhere to be found. Distraught, he hopes to find them again and manages to gain passage to Liverpool as ballast in the hold of a ship. From there he is to be the cook's assistant on another ship to America. It is the only way, and he is lucky to have found it.
Will Nory find her brother, and perhaps even her father and sister at the docks? Will she find passage on a ship, and if she does, will she survive the trip? And what of her friend Sean - they were destined to be together, or so she thought.
In a tale as old as America herself, Patricia Reilly Giff gives us a glimpse into the realities of our immigrant forefathers and mothers. My own great great grandfather an immigrant to New York, the story hits home for me, as it will most Americans. Giff's understanding and interest in the era shows and her gift of story telling shines. Maggie's Door awaits at 416 Smith Street and the journey is unforgettable. The book is suitable for older readers and adults alike, bringing history to life before your eyes.
Maggie's Door March 20, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Maggie's Door
By: Lila Garcia
Nory Ryan is a young Irish girl who lives through what is now known as the "potato famine." Many people in Ireland are going to America to get away from this monstrosity. Nory's sister has already landed in America, and is waiting for the rest of her family.
So, Nory along with Patch, her brother, and Granda, her grandfather, set off for America in a smelly ship called "Samson."
There Nory will learn what it means to "stand together and never let go, even if there are bad times ahead."
Maggie's Door, an awesome sequel to Nory Ryan's Song, is a stunning novel about courage, love and determination. Patricia Giff makes it feel as though one was actually there. This is also a book in which the reader will see how far people go for the ones they love.
 Maggie's Door March 19, 2006
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I love the book and I loved the book that it is a sequel to, Nory Ryan's Song. I have read them to my 8 and 10 year old girls at night as is our habit, and they have looked forward to each new chapter with baited breath. Unfortunately, the copy of Maggie's Door that I purchased from Amazon was missing several chapters in the middle of the book, so my girls were very disappointed at missing part of the story. That is why I am giving the product a 1, but the story itself a 5.
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