After her father is jailed for taking part in the 1837 Upper Canada Rebellion in Toronto, Arabella’s upper-class mother is unable to cope. It is up to twelve-year-old Arabella to take care of herself and to pray for her father’s safe return.After her father is jailed for taking part in the 1837 Upper Canada Rebellion in Toronto, Arabella’s upper-class mother is unable to cope. It is up to twelve-year-old Arabella to take care of herself and to pray for her father’s safe return.