BEYOND THE WESTERN SEA, BOOK ONE: THE ESCAPE FROM HOME
by  Avi
Orchard;ISBN: 0531095134;$18.95;1996

From the desperately poor Irish villages of the 19th century potato famine to the streets of London and Liverpool, from the misery of crossing the Atlantic in steerage to the mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, the lives of several young people and various villains intersect fatefully in this page-turning, cinematic drama.

Suggested for ages 12 - 16
Subjects: Emigration | Famines | Immigration | Industrial Revolution | Ireland | New England | Runaways