Black Potatoes by Susan Campbell Bartolettii writes about The Great Potato Famine in this book about the exodus of many Irish people to the US to escape death by starvation.
While the potatoes died, wheat flourished and was shipped to England Campbell-Bartoletti writes. This fact makes The Blsck Potatoes compelling reading, especially for teens interested in entering politics and diplomacy as careers.
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By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games
