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Escape Across the Wide Sea
Escape Across the Wide Sea | Katherine Kirkpatrick
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When his family's weaving shop is destroyed because his family refuses to convert to the king's religion, Daniel and his family flees France and the only home they've ever known and end up on a two-year journey aboard various sea vessels that take them to Africa, the Caribbean, and their final destination of the colony of New York in 1688.
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The parallels between a family of Huguenots escaping France and the slaves on the ship they accidentally stow away on sometimes threaten to go a bit far, but always pull back to highlight the essential distinction. Hard to read sometimes, but good slice of historical fiction.

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#nowreading #sonlight Prereading for homeschooling...ten years in advance.