Nory Ryan's Song

by  Patricia Reilly Giff

    1st Sentence: Someone was calling.

Setting: 1845 on Maidin Bay in Ireland

Characters:

• Nory Ryan
  • youngest sister in the Ryan family (12 years old)
  • learns about herbs and healing from Anna Donnelly
  • loved anything that had to do with music
• Maggie Ryan
  • marries Francey Mallon and leaves for Brooklyn
  • taught Nory how to smoor the fire (bank it so it would not go out overnight)
  • oldest sister
• Celia Ryan
  • Middle sister of the Ryan family (14 years old)
  • described by Maggie and Nory as "loyal and true"
• Patrick Ryan (Patch)
  • baby of the family
  • wears a dress so the sidhe would not steal him as they prefer boys (sidhe: pronounced "shee" are creatures from another world who supposedly cause trouble)
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