<DIV>Avi's suspense-filled, seafaring adventure gets a bold new package!<br><br>It's 1851. Fifteen-year-old Maura O'Connell and her twelve-year-old brother Patrick are about to set sail on an epic voyage to America to flee the brutal poverty of Ireland and to be reunited with their father.<br><br>Eleven-year-old Laurence Kirkle, the son of an English lord, runs away from home to escape his cruel older brother and start a new life in a new world.<br> <br>All three children face nothing but obstacles along the way--from stolen money to con men to hunger and fatigue. It seems that none of them will get out of the port city of Liverpool until fate brings them together.<br><br>Avi's masterful plot-spinning skills create an adventure filled with unexpected twists and turns.</div>