During the Great Upheaval of 1755, the British forced the Acadians to leave their homes in the Canadian provinces and later the American colonies. Fourteen-year-old Marie Landry joins her family and friends on a mass exodus from Maryland to Louisiana 10 years later, where land awaits them. Along the way, she notes her feelings of despair and hope through candid diary entries.

 

This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by Pelican Publishing Co .

Joyce Haynes, a resident of Pineville, Missouri, has won numerous local, state, and national awards for her illustrations. Stacy Demoran Allbritton is a former French and English teacher at Salmen High School in Slidell, Louisiana, and the founder of the school's French club, Le Cercle Francais. Allbritton is a recipient of the James Whitlow Award in romance languages from the University of New Orleans, where she earned a BA in French and an MA in romance languages. Allbritton is a member of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs. She divides her time between Monroe, Louisiana, and Paris, France. Joyce Haynes, a resident of Pineville, Missouri, has won numerous local, state, and national awards for her illustrations.