Beyond the Western Sea: Book One: The Escape From Home

Award: 
Best Books for Young Adults
Year this Award was Won: 
1 997
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http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/1997bestbook…
Award Win Active Date: 
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 19:00
Defunct Winner UID: 
2 845
Winner Rank: 
SLCT
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Beyond the Western Sea: Book One: The Escape From Home
Winner Description: 
by Avi. Orchard Books.
Winner Blurb: 

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; their fates continue to intertwine on board ship and in the New World.

Title of a book, article or other published item (this will display to the public): 
Beyond the Western Sea: Book One: The Escape From Home
ISBN of the winning item: 
0531095134
What type of media is this winner?: 
Book
Winner Detail Create Date: 
Monday, May 24, 2010 - 11:52
Winner Detail Change Date: 
Monday, May 24, 2010 - 11:52
Winner Detail Change ID: 
201
Winner Type: 
PTMD
Award Winner Category (start typing): 
Fiction