Beyond The Western Sea: Book One: The Escape From Home
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Book Description
On January 21, 1851, Maura and Patrick O'Connell are driven by a cruel English landlord from their impoverished village in Ireland. Their hope is to join their father in America, "The Promised Land." In the seething streets of Liverpool, the children share a fate played out against a cast of detectives, scalawags, and scoundrels worthy of any Victorian novel.
Book Information
Publisher | Scholastic, Inc. |
Binding | Hardcover (11 editions) |
Reading Level | Young Adults |
# of Pages | 295 |
ISBN-10 | 0531095134 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0531095133 |
Publication Date | 03/01/1996 |
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11/10/2012 Jerry Davis said:
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I thought I would stop after the first volume, but it is a good story and just had to find out how the trans-Atlantic voyage would go and what would happen to these kids after arriving in Boston. The theme of xenophobia and the Know Nothing Party of the 1850s is pretty enticing to me from a historic... more
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