France,1663. Sickness ravages the country, and a new land is for the taking. Marguerite and her four siblings are sent away from their small country farm by heir mother, across the ocean to New France (Known as Quebec today) to begin a new life. What will there be in store for this 17 year old girl? Especially when another people, known as the indians, are introduced to her? What will happen to her, when she's such a long way from home?