The Rice Birds by Keane Carter, Lindy NEUF détaillant

In 1849, twin sisters fleeing Irelands famine arrive at New Yorks seaport. Only one - Nora - is allowed to get on the boat to South Carolina to fulfill her work contract. On her masters vast rice plantation, an enslaved worker - Pearl - befriends détaillant her. After one of them commits a crime, the girls flee to Charleston, a dangerous place for runaways. Nora frantically seeks to get back to her twin and Pearl tries to find her mother before heading north. Meanwhile, an old enemys illegal transatlantic scheme is about to derail the girls plans.