Journey to America

The story of a young girl, Fiona, and her brother who emigrate to escape the Irish potato famine. Fiona is an almost preternaturally strong, brave, and lucky girl. In Ireland she saved her brother from a bull and arranged to free corn held back by British landlords. What's more, after being in America only a short time, she's taken under the wing of a lonely, wealthy woman and shortly thereafter finds her own wealthy cousins.

Fleeing their home in Cambodia, thirteen-year-old Chantrea Conway and her grandparents experience loss, starvation, and deceit in their search for safety and news of Chantrea's missing American father.