The belonging place

About this book

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.

Subjects

  • adoption
  • canada, fiction
  • children's fiction
  • emigration and immigration
  • fiction
  • frontier and pioneer life
  • frontier and pioneer life, fiction
  • orphans
  • scotland, fiction
  • voyages and travels, fiction