The Year the Stars Fell

In the spring of 1833, Betsey Baker-Swain’s simple life changes when she and her husband, Aaron, make a hasty decision to join Betsey’s family on a move from Pennsylvania to Michigan Territory.

Along the way, rainstorms, freezing temperatures, sea sickness, and lack of privacy pale in comparison to what the family will encounter once arriving at their destination. Soon, daily encounters will include ear-piercing howls of wild wolves, bad weather, clouds of mosquitoes, and frightening encounters with territorial natives. Even then, Betsey wonders if this trip will finally quench her father’s adventurous spirit.

Over the next year, the Baker family will gain incredible strength, divine trust, and unexplainable courage, but will it be enough to keep them at the tiny cabin by the twisting Shiawassee River? Will uncertainty overtake their determination or will God’s intervention sustain them to become a part of the history of a new land?