The belonging place
by Jean Little
Popularity 15
In 1848, sixteen-year-old Elspet looks back on her life and describes how she came to be orphaned in Scotland, went to live with relatives, and emigrated with them to a rough but rewarding existence in Canada.
FictionFrontier and pioneer lifeOrphansEmigration and immigrationAdoptionChildren's fictionFrontier and pioneer life, fictionCanada, fictionVoyages and travels, fictionScotland, fiction