Maura and Patrick have escaped the desperate poverty and danger of leaving home in Ireland to face even greater peril as they continue their daring voyage to the New World with their friend Laurence Kirkle. Aboard ship, they are crowded into the stench-filled pit of steerage,...
The second book in the thrilling emigrant adventure saga that The Horn Book calls unremitting suspense... Like a rip-roaring, roller coaster ride...a real page turner.Twelve-year-old Patrick and 15-year-old Maura O'Connell are fleeing the ravages of Ireland's potato famine. In...