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245 pp.
| Farrar/Foster |
October, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-374-32765-3$$17.00
(2)
YA
After construction workers discover a mass grave in his schoolyard, thirteen-year-old foster child Tom falls--or is pulled--into the excavated grave. He emerges from the darkness to find he has traveled through time from 1974 Liverpool to 1847 Ireland. Tom's colorful first-person narrative describes the era of the great potato famine with honesty; his time travel experiences also provide some clues to his family background.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2000