A historically accurate, realistic story of the Mormons, their hardships and triumphs and, eventually, the founding of their home and new religion. Ellen Randall is a young girl of fifteen. Raised by Elder Zachary and his wife Sara after being orphaned at an early age, Ellen grows up as she experiences the tribulations of belonging to the Mormon faith. Ellen is also faced with another challenge due to her religion: the long journey on a wagon train headed to Utah. Tormented, their faith tested at every stop, the Mormons journey through America's wilderness in order to build their Zion in Utah and at last live free of persecution.