First published 1944
Meggy MacIntosh carries her father's rebellious blood. He fought beside Bonnie Prince Charlie, leaving his daughter with both a quiet demeanor and a yearning for something beyond the walls of her uncle's Edinburgh mansion. Her titled guardian shows her little kindness or attention. Meggy dreams of Flora MacDonald, the Scottish heroine who helped the prince escape after Culloden. When life in Scotland becomes unbearable, Meggy makes a bold choice. She abandons her uncle's house and sails across the Atlantic to find her idol in North Carolina. The year is 1775, and the American colonies simmer with unrest. Meggy arrives in March to discover a community of Highland Scots who have made new lives in this foreign land. At last she encounters the people she has longed to meet, inheritors of the same proud traditions that shaped her father's courage and her own restless heart.
Genres: historical, historical-fiction, adventure, coming-of-age
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
Setting: Edinburgh, North Carolina, Scotland
Period: 1775, 18th Century
274 pages · Library Binding · The Viking Press