Based upon the true story of Marie Therese, the young princess wonders about her own fate after her father is sent to the guillotine, her mother is taken away, and she is imprisoned in the Tower of the Temple.
The story of the expulsion of the Acadians by the British from Nova Scotia in 1755 is told through a series of diary entries by young Angelique Richard, whose father and brothers are imprisoned and remaining family members are sent away from their colony.
Tok, the most nimble-winged of the young ravens, is banished for a crime he did not commit, and the only way he can restore his honor and his father's name is to perform a brave and daring deed to benefit all ravenkind.