A teenage girl struggles to understand her place within her family and in the world.

En los inicios de la guerra civil estadounidense, la familia Pruitt acoge a dos misteriosas mujeres que llegan a Nueva Orleans en un barco a vapor con rumbo a Illinois. A partir de ese momento, la vida de los Pruitt cambiará completamente. During the early days of the Civil War, the Pruitt family takes in two mysterious young ladies who have fled New Orleans to come north to Illinois.