Slice of the moon - Sandi Toksvig

Because of the potato me and my family left our home and travelled 6,000 miles to find a new life .

Slim Hannigan and her family are poor but happy.

Theirs is a life filled with love and laughter - and a pet pig called Hamlet.

But things change overnight, and suddenly they find themselves facing hunger and danger like they have never known .

So they leave their village in Ireland to journey to America where, they hope, family and fortune await them.

Slim soon finds herself living a life that feels just like one of those far-fetched stories her Da has always told.

Can one brave girl keep her family together no matter what is thrown at them .