Just before dawn-that moment when time itself seems to stand still, when the whole world teeters on the edge of possibilities-a man looking like death's own shadow came scurrying down a bluff toward the tiny village of Kilonny in Ireland.
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(1996)
Escape from Home
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Maura O'Connell, 15, and her brother, Patrick, 12, escape Ireland's brutal poverty with only the belongings in their bundles and tickets for ocean passage. Sir Laurence Kirkle, 11, flees a life of privilege to seek justice. When fate brings them ogether, the three join forces in a daring scheme that may lead to freedom and glory...or dire consequences.
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Beyond the Western Sea: Book I: The Escape From Home
1997-10, Follett Bound
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Beyond the western sea: Book One: The Escape From Home
1996, Orchard Books
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