In the 1400's in England, sixteen year old Anniehannah's "caregiver," Roger Writeman, whom she has lived with 'forever, ' is a scribe. They travel from town to town where he writes letters and documents and reads for those who cannot read or write Latin. She has many questions about her life but Roger will not answer any of them. Will she someday find out who she is? Will she ever find true love? Will she ever marry and have a home of her own and stop this incessant traveling? Roger is like a father to her and she loves him dearly, but will she ever find out who she really is?