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The Grave

James Heneghan

2000236 pagesabout 4–5 hours
2000
first published
  • 2000Douglas & McIntyre · 236 pages · ENGISBN 9780888994141
  • 2000Farrar, Straus, and Giroux · 245 pages · ENGISBN 9780374327651
  • 2003Recorded Books · ENGISBN 9781402517174
  • 2002Laurel Leaf · 256 pages · ENGISBN 9780440229483
  • 2002Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media · ENGISBN 9780606241489
  • 2002Tandem Library · ENGISBN 9780613723329
  • 2002Corgi Childrens · 272 pagesISBN 9780552547826

Thirteen-year-old Tom, an unhappy foster child in Liverpool, falls into a massive open grave and is transported to Ireland in 1847, where he finds himself in the midst of the deadly potato famine.

How it feels

AtmosphereWhimsical

How it reads

Plot intensityEventful

Worth knowing

Written forMiddle grade

When and where

ThemesJustice
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