In 1989, Josie's quiet life in East Germany and her dreams of skating glory crumble as her father announces plans to escape to the West. Will the family get to Canada, and what sort of life awaits them there?

Fleeing a cholera epidemic in Scotland, Jamie Douglas and his family seek a fresh start in Canada, the "land of golden opportunity". Upon their arrival in Montreal, they discover that cholera has also made the voyage across the sea, and the streets of the new land are not paved with gold.

Marguerite Ledoux is alone in a strange land. Orphaned just after she arrives in the New World, she is forced to become a servant, bound to the Sargent family for six years. Loneliness, hunger and the suspicion of her English neighbors make life hard for Marguerite, but she is a survivor.

Katherine Harris and her family come from England to a remote farm near Hope in the 1860's. Their hopes for a bright future are blighted by the death of Katherine's older sister Susan from panama fever but Katherine is determined to overcome all obstacles and make a success of her new life.

Thirteen-year-old Declan has been torn away: from his home, his friends, and from his budding career as a terrorist in Belfast. Declan has a chance for a new start in Canada, for a life without violence. Can he abandon his dreams of vengeance for the death of his family or will his past swallow his future?

Jake and Jerry are both new to Canada, Jake from Hungary and Jerry from China. Jake's admiration for Jerry's red corduroy shirt is the beginning of a surprising friendship, but will his parents be able to accept his new friend?

Karin is ashamed and angry about her mother's old-country ways, so out of step with turn-of-the-century Rogers Pass, but she is horrified and full of remorse when her mother suddenly dies. Guilt is not her only burden. Wearing her mother's goldstone pendant Karin begins to have frightening prophetic dreams - can she avert catastrophe?

Elspet Mary is only four years old when her mother is killed in a street accident. Unable to stay with her, Elspet's seafaring father leaves her in the care of her loving aunt and uncle in a small Scottish village. Just as Elspet has learned to think of this new place as home, her adoptive family decides to homestead in Upper Canada, and she wonders if she will ever find her true "belonging place".

1915: Sam Ferrier and his father arrive in Curlew Alberta to build a new home and start the farm before the rest of the family arrives. Staring at empty stretches of barren grassland, Sam misses his home in Iowa. He wonders how this place can ever become home, but soon discovers that the waving sea of grass holds mystery, adventure, and friendship. The Ferrier family saga continues with Sam's sister, Josie, and her quest to solve the mystery of an abandoned house, in Wings to Fly.

Crossing the prairie to the Rocky Mountains in 1859 takes months by ox and cart, so Sam Peppard plans to wait until the wind is right and sail across the prairie to mine for gold in the Rockies. Based on a true story.

The year is 1777 and Phoebe Olcott's world is falling apart. Her cousin Gideon is hanged as a Loyalist spy, and only Phoebe can carry out his mission to save other families who remained loyal to England after the American Revolution. Phoebe bravely sets out alone for Canada. Her journey brings tests of courage and endurance she could never have imagined, and offers her a chance for happiness in a new country.

Norah and her younger brother Gavin are "war guests" who come to Canada to escape the bombing in England during World War II. The journey is long, the news from home is terrifying, and Norah feels homesick and lonely. She does not seem to belong in her new school or with her new "family" in Toronto. It really does feel as though the sky is falling and her world is ending - but is it? This is the first of a trilogy which continues in Looking At The Moon and When The Lights Go On Again.

Wanda Malinski and her family are Polish Americans living in a mill town during the Depression. Wanda's father is unemployed and things are hard for the whole family, but hardest for Wanda's older brother, Walter. Hard as he tries to please his father, nothing he does is good enough, and it breaks Wanda's heart to see him hurt. Can the family get through this terrible time?

Peter and Katya Neufeld live a quiet life in a small Ukrainian village until 1917, when revolution turns their world upside down. They leave behind this world of hunger, disease and violence for a new life in Canada, but it seems their struggle is not over yet.

Julilly and Liza are runaway slaves. Can they make the hazardous journey on the underground railroad, from a cruel life on a Mississippi plantation to Canada and freedom?