Two islands - two stories, draw us back to the 1850s when courageous young women set sail for the South Pacific. All were responding to invitations from their governments to colonize these valuable newly discovered lands. Meg and her father visit the brutal English penal settlement on Norfolk Island. Clotilde and her companions leave the security of a French orphanage bound for New Caledonia. Will they find adventure, love and happiness in exotic far away places?