Beyond the Western Sea: Book One : The Escape from Home (Beyond the Western Sea)

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Summary: Beyond the Western Sea: The Escape from Home
Review: Maura and Patrick O'Connell are Irish kids who must cope without their mother and make their long awaited escape from poverty to America, where their father is. Yet also planning to make this journey is Sir Laurence Kirkle, a young english Lord's son who's escaping from his mean brother, but keeps getting into trouble. Soon their lives meet and there's no telling what will happen next. I thought this book was enticing and complex. One of Avi's best.

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Summary: The Escape From Home
Review: Maura and Patrick O'Connell are two Irish kids who must cope without their mother and make their awaited escape from poverty to America where their father is. But also planning this journey is Sir Laurence Kirkle, a young and important english boy who's running away from his wealthy home. Soon their paths meet and no one knows what will happen next. Very enticing and complex. One of Avi's best.

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Summary: An Adventure for all times
Review: This is a really great book. At first the book was a little slow, and boring, but it got SO GOOD! Now I want to read the next book. Basically, there is 2 stories of different people going on at once. Maura, Patrick O'Connel, and their mother are living alone while their father is living in America, trying to make money so that they can come live with him for a better life. They face a lot of challenging surprises as the reach their destination- America. With their mother refusing to leave their hometown, they are off on their own to reach their father. At the same time a young boy Sir Laurence Kirkle, son of a wealthy man, runs away to America because he is not happy with his life. With his father hiring people to find him and take him home, his older brother hires a man to make sure his brother stays away from home so he does not return home. Maura, Patrick, and Laurence all meet up and try to get to America, but do they?? You will have to read the next book to find out!!