Nine-year-old Elizabeth keeps a journal of her experiences in the New World as she encounters Indians, suffers hunger and the death of friends, and helps her father build their first home.
A 10-year-old girl staying with her grandparents for the summer is appalled to discover that her parents' prolonged stay abroad means that she must start in a new school and somehow hide the fact that she is an epileptic.
Nine-year-old Elizabeth keeps a journal of her experiences in the New World as she encounters Indians, suffers hunger and the death of friends, and helps her father build their first home.
