Alone in an untamed land
Subtitle: the "filles du roi" diary of Hélène St. Onge
By: by Maxine Trottier.
Series: Dear Canada
Publisher: Scholastic Canada; Scholastic
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Markham, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- Québec (Province) -- Fiction.; Marriage customs and rites -- Québec (Province) -- Fiction.; Diaries -- Fiction.; Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France) -- Juvenile fiction.; Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France) -- Fiction.; Montréal (Quebec) -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.; Juvenile fiction.
Description: In 1666, thirteen-year-old Hélène chronicles her journey from France to Montréal, New France, and her life in the new country as a "fille à marier" or marriageable girl.