Missie's surprise pregnancy sets her on a new course that is both thrilling and terrifying. After all their planning and dreaming, she and her husband Willie have headed west in a covered wagon, leaving behind the prairie home of Missie's parents. Now, caught between the excitement of the new adventure and the pain of not knowing when she'll see her family again, Missie copes with the challenges, and cherishes the rewards, of her new homestead.—Anonymous