In 1813, cleared out from their beloved Scottish Highlands, 15 - year - old Angus, his mother, father, small brother Rabbie, and 100 others sail for Canada to seek a better life with assistance from Lord Selkirk. Angus, his family, and their friends the O'Hares, with their aloof, unsmiling daughter Maggie, share the hardships and terror of the sea voyage only to be dumped onto the shore of a forbidding land. There they spend a brutal winter. With bitter determination and help from the Native population, the settlers manage to reach the Red River. They are eager to finally begin their new life but meet obstacles even more dangerous when they are caught up in a struggle between the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company, powerful fur - trading rivals. Despite this hard transition, Angus falls in love with this new land and takes his place beside the brave men who risk their lives to protect it.

 

There are 332 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by ReadHowYouWant. com Ltd .

B. J. Bayle's first children's novel, Mystery at Meander Lake , made Canadian Living 's Recommended Reading List. Her second book, Trail of Fire , was shortlisted for the Alberta Writing for Children Competition. Perilous Passage , her novel about explorer David Thompson, is also available from Dundurn. She lives in Cochrane, Alberta, near Calgary.