America is the land of ten-year-old Hannah's dreams, and as she sets sail for this new world from England with her father, mother, and twelve-year-old sister Abigail, the adventures go far beyond anything she could have imagined. But the excitement proves short-lived, as Hannah learns what it is like to be marooned at sea, fighting side-by-side with her sister to survive a storm that threatens to drown them all....