Calico Bush — Rachel Field

Left orphaned and alone shortly after her French family arrives in the New World, young Marguerite Ledoux has promised to serve the Sargent family for six long years in return for shelter, food, and clothing.

Life as "Maggie the Bound-out Girl" is hard, with the danger of Indians, the bitter, hungry winter of 1743, and the people of Maine treating Maggie with suspicion because she's a “foreigner.” Will Maggie have the courage to face the dangerous adventures of her new life?