Book
Escape Across the Wide Sea
- Published
- 2004
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Publisher
- Holiday House
- Pages
- 210
- Words
- 34408
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/144056.Escape_Across_the_Wide_Sea?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_26
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 4.5
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Lexile
- 700L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 9–14
After escaping religious persecution in France in 1686, Daniel Bonnet, a young Huguenot boy, and his parents travel on a slave ship to West Africa, then to the Caribbean, and finally to New York, where they help found the town of New Rochelle. As Daniel grows he must confront the challenges and moral complexities of slavery, inequality, and disability.
Collections
The Good & The Beautiful · 7
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780823418541
- ISBN-10
- 0823418545
Tags
AdventureFranceHistoryHistory-SlaveryThe Good & The BeautifulTravelUnited States of America