num_pages: 32
description: With dreams of a better life for themselves, Thomas, Edward, Mary Jane, and their parents say goodbye to the only home they have ever known. They leave crowded, dirty London behind for good when they board a ship that promises to take them across the wide Atlantic Ocean to the colonies. The long, treacherous journey is filled with uncertainty, and readers will cheer when this brave family takes their first wobbly steps in the New World.
language: English
title: Tattered Sails
titlecomplete: Tattered Sails
genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Poetry, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 69
publisher: Putnam Juvenile