Dear Canada Alone in an Untamed Land

Grade 4-7 – Hardcover

Young Hйlиne St. Onge and her older sister Catherine are orphans. When King Louis XVI orders all the men in New France to marry, Catherine becomes a fille du roi, one of the many young women sent to the new world as brides. Hйlиne will accompany her on her long sea voyage and live with her sister’s new family. But Catherine dies during the gruelling journey and Hйlиne finds herself alone in a strange new country. ISBN 0 439 98969 8