So Far from Home: Story of Mary Driscoll, An Irish Mill Girl, The - Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 (Video) [VHS]

From Scholastic's best-selling, award-winning book series comes a collection of home videos inspired by the diaries of real girls.With the potato famine devastating her homeland in Ireland, Mary Driscoll must leave her parents to seek out a better life in America, Mary finds work in a mill, where working conditions are dreadful. Although her friends encourage her to join the new labor union, Mary hesitates to speak out for fear of losing her job. When her dear friend, Sean is falsely accused of murder, Mary must decide if she is ready to face her fears and sacrifice everything to save him.