In the summer of 1825, 52 children, young people and adults left Norway in a small sailing ship named RESTAURATION. They were to sail all the way to America.

Nine-year-old Nils and his sisters were so excited and looked forward to meeting their uncle again. His name was Cleng Peerson, and he had traveled ahead to America in the fall of 1824. Also on board was a little girl named Marta Helene, who was traveling with her mother and father. Unlike Nils, she was not happy at all. She was just sad. Why? And what happened on board this crowded sailing ship for a three-month journey? What was it like to get to the big city of New York? And once there, how would they get to the place where they were planning to live?

In this book, you will find the story of the first Norwegian emigrants who traveled to North America, told in words and pictures.