Setting and Main Character

Its September 1936, potato harvest season in northern Maine. Teenager Sarah London (half Native American) is already dealing with racial discrimination in her community when illness strikes her family and she goes to work in the potato fields with the Oromocto Indians.

Family Tragedy and Challenges

Tragically, she loses her mother, and when her father leaves town for work, Sarah is forced to stay with an estranged paternal grandmother whom she finds cold and intimidating.

Journey and Self-Discovery

Unhappy and bewildered, she runs away to live with an Oromocto family, but her life with them is not what she expects. As she reacts to their way of life, will she reach a new understanding of her own values and self-worth?