num_pages: 210
description: 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.
language: English
title: Escape Across the Wide Sea
titlecomplete: Escape Across the Wide Sea
genres: Historical, Childrens, Young Adult, Middle Grade, School, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 276
places: Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Islands, New York City, New York, Africa, West Africa
publisher: Holiday House