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   Sarah's journey through life goes from a small house in Long Island to a wilderness cave.  She travels through New York  all alone only to discover that she can make it on her own. It is set in the time of the onset of the Revolutionary War. She is in touch with nature and with her feelings. She is a true survivor in a time when all she had was herself.