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The Escape from Home
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Harpercollins Childrens Books
Publication date October 1, 1997
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Book category Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13 9780380728756
ISBN-10 0380728753
Dimensions 0.75 by 5.25 by 7.75 in.
Weight 0.50 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock
Original list price $6.99
Other format details juvenile
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Named, along with its sequel, among the New York Public Library's 100 Best Books for Young Adults, an emigrant saga follows the flight of three youngsters from famine-ravaged Ireland to England in route to America. Reprint. AB. PW. (view table of contents)
Amazon.com description: Product Description:

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.



Editions
Paperback
Book cover for 9780380728756 Book cover for 9780545379274
 
With Avi | Reprint edition from Scholastic Paperbacks (March 1, 2012); titled "Escape from Home"
9780545379274 | details & prices | 295 pages | 5.25 × 7.50 × 1.00 in. | Rec. grade levels 3-4 | 0.42 lbs | List price $7.99
This edition also contains The Escape from Home
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Reprint edition from Harpercollins Childrens Books (October 1, 1997)
9780380728756 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.50 lbs | List price $6.99
About: Driven from their impoverished Irish village, fifteen-year-old Maura and her younger brother meet their landlord's runaway son in Liverpool while all three wait for a ship to America.
Prebinding
Book cover for 9780606262170 Book cover for 9781435246492
 
With Avi | Reprint edition from Turtleback Books (March 1, 2012); titled "Escape from Home"
9780606262170 | details & prices | List price $18.40
This edition also contains The Escape from Home
With Avi | Reprint edition from Paw Prints (April 18, 2008)
9781435246492 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.50 × 1.00 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.62 lbs | List price $15.99

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