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Thirteen-year-old Tom Mullen has spent his entire life in foster homes. One night, while visiting a recently discovered mass grave at the local cemetery, he falls through a hole in time and finds himself in 1847 Ireland. Taken in by the first caring family he has ever known, Tom must find a way to help them survive the famine and disease that grips their country.
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“Tom Mullen…Thinks he doesn’t need anybody. All that changes when he falls back in time through a hole in a construction site, beginning an emotionally charged journey to nineteenth-century Ireland that illuminates a tragic part of Ireland’s past, and forever changes the present. A Compelling story of a teen who learns the rewards of love and family, particularly in times of adversity.”
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About James Heneghan
James Heneghan is one of today’s foremost authors of historical fiction for children and young adults. His popular, award-winning books, acclaimed for their realism, adventure, action, and suspense, often tell the stories of teenagers struggling to overcome personal difficulties.
About Gerard Doyle
Gerard Doyle, a seasoned audio narrator, he has been awarded dozens of AudioFile Earphones Awards, was named a Best Voice in Young Adult Fiction in 2008, and won the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. He was born of Irish parents and raised and educated in England. In Great Britain he has enjoyed an extensive career in both television and repertory theater and toured nationally and internationally with the English Shakespeare Company. He has appeared in London’s West End in the gritty musical The Hired Man. In America he has appeared on Broadway in The Weir and on television in New York Undercover and Law & Order. He has taught drama at Ross School for the several years.