Charlie Tucker is just twelve and in the early nineteenth century, sent to America to help his ailing Uncle. Kife onboard a wooden ship shows him hardships, and friendships, life and death and teaches Charlie a new "trade".

Sail with him as he crosses the sea and from Ireland. Discover the world with him as he travels the dusty path and roads and meet the people as he does on the way. Life wasn't all roses and easy but as Charlie lives, he grows, into the man he eventually needs to be.