Calico bush / Field, Rachel

Orphaned and alone in a strange country, 13 year old Marguerite Ledoux has no choice but to become a servant girl. She has to serve the Sargent family for six years in return for food and shelter. Living in an isolated part of Maine, Maggie struggles through the harsh winter of 1743, the constant loneliness, and knowing her own family is lost forever.

Thirteen-year-old Marguerite, orphaned in 1742 after moving to America from France with her grandmother and uncle, enters a contract to serve the Sargents for six years in return for food and shelter, and must endure the threat of Indian attacks, the harshness of life in northern Maine, and the loneliness of knowing she is without family.

In 1742, Marguerite left France with her grandmother and uncle to seek a home in America. A year later, 13-year-old Marguerite is alone in the world and a "bound-out girl" on her way to Maine.

In 1742, Marguerite left France with her grandmother and uncle to seek a home in America. A year later, 13-year-old Marguerite is alone in the world and a "bound-out girl" on her way to Maine.