Escape across the wide sea
by Katherine Kirkpatrick
Reading Level 4-5 Moderate (Lvl 3)
Ages 9-12
The text is written at a 4th grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for middle graders (ages 9–12), and the content has moderate intensity with some emotionally heavy themes.
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About This Book
Daniel Bonnet and his family flee France to find safety, embarking on a perilous journey that takes them across oceans and continents. Along the way, Daniel faces difficult questions about freedom and fairness while navigating the hardships of life in a new world. His story reveals the struggles of courage, faith, and understanding in a time marked by injustice and change.
Representation & Themes
MulticulturalHistoricalComing of AgeFamilySocial JusticeAdventure
For Parents
Content Intensity
Level 3 — Moderate Gentle Mild Moderate Intense Very Intense
Real stakes and emotional weight. May include sustained danger, loss, or bullying.
Content Flags
Slavery Inequality Disability Emotional: Identity & Self-Discovery Emotional: Fear & Anxiety
Data confidence: standard
Details
- ISBN
- 0823418545
- Pages
- 210
- Publisher
- Holiday House
- Published
- 2004
- Type
- Fiction
- Word Count
- 34,408
Genres
Juvenile Fiction
Subjects
Huguenots -- Juvenile fiction.Huguenots -- Fiction.Voyages and travels -- Fiction.Slavery -- Fiction.New Rochelle (N.Y.) -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction.HuguenotsJuvenile fictionSlaveryFictionVoyages and travelsHistory
Places
New Rochelle (N.Y.)