Beyond The Western Sea: Book One: The Escape From Home
By Avi.
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. - from Amzon
ISBN(s)
0531095134, 9780531095133