When Ellen accidentally finds herself aboard a ship of orphans set to sail for families on the Canadian prairies, will she leave life in Liverpool behind forever?
In this exciting new novel from B.C. Book Prize nominee Constance Horne, eleven-year-old Ellen finds herself wrongly accused of stealing while selling flowers on the Liverpool docks. In her escape she becomes a stow-away aboard a stemship bound for Canada, an unwilling member of a band of orphans headed for new families on the prairies. Adopted by the Aitkens, a family on a Manitoba homestead, she soon land herself at the centre of several calamities, unexpectedly learning about rural life in the new world and the value of family ties, both those forged in blood and those forged in trust.
Cover Illustrations by Barbara Munzar
Book Condition: Very Good
Edge Wear
Writing in Ink on the Inside Front Page
Binding: Softcover
Language: English
ISBN-10: 088878385X
ISBN-13: 9780888783851
