In the mid-1800s, life on a Vermont farm is hard work for the whole family. Crops have failed, and the rich soil far across the continent make Mama and Papa want to leave their home behind and start over. They will travel by covered wagon to a new region called Oregon. Anna wonders what life will be like so far from home. Where will the children go to school? How will they make friends? As Anna and her family make the long trek over the plains and through the mountains they face many trials. Through it all, Mama keeps the old ledger that Papa gave her for a journal. When she grows weary and...