After a bad fall in the Kansas river near Lawrence, Sophia, a16-year-old MuslimAmerican, emerges soaking wet in what she is shocked to discover is Bleeding Kansas. Not long after her arrival, however, her worries turn from her own mystifying situation to the horrific ones endured by the enslaved people and First Nations people she meets. Sophia and her adopted sister Abby set out to help their friends, but soon learn that change can be dangerous. Filled with adventure, self-discovery, and a dash of romance, Sophia’s Journal offers a glimpse into a world half forgotten from a vantage point like no other.