Synopsis: "Thirteen-year-old Tom, an unhappy foster child in Liverpool, falls into a massive open grave and is transported to Ireland in 1847, where he finds himself in the midst of the deadly potato famine. Thirteen-year-old Tom Mullen has always been alone, moving about from one disastrous foster home situation to another, never knowing the true meaning of family love. When he hears that a mass grave has been unearthed on his school grounds, he feels drawn to the grave, but can't explain why. The truth is Tom's life is about to change forever." — quoted from this book's Worldcat page.