Shannon O'Connor, orphaned at seventeen during a cholera epidemic in 1866 was left destitute when a neighbor stole all the food stored in the root cellar and from her garden when she refused his proposal of marriage. Left alone to survive the best way she could, she answered an advertisement to be the mother of two little girls. She married Noah O'Malley the same day they met. Shannon is a strong willed young woman who believed that God was in control of her life. It was her faith that helped her to prevail during the terrible events that occurred in her life. This is a story of a young...

In the year of 1810, ten year old Gwen and her two younger brothers were orphaned when renegade Indians raided their farm, killing their parents and set fire to the cabin. They were spared from being killed because they were playing in the cornfield when the Indians struck. The children managed to rebuild a small portion of the cabin so they would have shelter in the winter months ahead. A man and his wife came to their farm and took over the cabin, making slaves of the children as they ate from the food stored in the root cellar and killed most of the chickens as well. It makes for serious,...