Beyond the Western Sea

Book One: Escape From Home

De: Avi

Narrado por: Simon Prebble

In December 1850, the dark hours before dawn make 12-year-old Patrick O’Connell shiver. He lives with his mother and older sister in a wet and drafty shack. Patrick has been the man of the family ever since Da, his father, sailed from Ireland to America. But now he has a problem he can’t solve: there isn’t enough money to pay the rent.

Suddenly, the village priest pounds on their door. He brings a bank draft with a letter from Da telling them to come to America. Soon Patrick and his family set off for Liverpool to board a ship. They think their problems are finally over, until Patrick meets some helpful strangers who are more than eager to help him care for his new fortune.

Filled with irony and excitement, Newbery Award-winner Avi’s adventurous tale is a vivid picture of life in 19th-century Ireland and England. With dramatic flair, narrator Simon Prebble provides the perfect voice for unsavory villains, colorful peasants, and the proper lords and ladies of the gentry.

©1996 Avi (P)1997 Recorded Books

I really liked this series

I really liked the characters. I did feel like it was a bit too long. But the book series really payed attention to detail. I have read many Avi books and this is one of my favorites would recommend to avid readers

Engaging

Every step of their journey, Patrick and Lawrence, I got to know them better and care more. On to book @.

A Fair Story - I Thought - Until..

The ending! Good Grief!
I thought surely I had missed some chapters.
But no! The joke was on me, as well as on everyone else who listens until the very end.