Book video: Kate Kayley: The Hangman In The Mirror (Annick)

Françoise Laurent has never had an easy life. The only surviving child of a destitute washerwoman and wayward soldier, she must rely only on herself to get by. When her parents die suddenly from the smallpox ravishing New France (modern-day Montreal), Françoise sees it as a chance to escape the life she thought she was trapped in. Based on an actual story and filled with illuminating historical detail, The Hangman In The Mirror transports readers to the harsh landscape of a new land that is filled with even harsher class divisions and injustices