The Tomorrow Country - Katie's Books, #1

In tumultuous London of the 1870s, rude new wealth and staggering poverty smash the old order.  Unfortunately, there are casualties... "God in heaven, the child's alive!" Abandoned, newborn in a gutter, Katie refused to die. Yet as street urchin, drudge and starving pickpocket in tumultuous 1870s London, odds against her survival increase by the day. Her only hope lies in a fiercely warring crew of do-gooders, crooks, social climbers and rebel misfits behind a scheme to give destitute waifs and strays new lives in Canada.
But so far their efforts only ignite a rollicking, winner-take-all battle of ambition from the lowest criminal dives to the Prince of Wales himself while too many sticky fingers grab for the cash. From this sizzling hot bed of intrigue, obsessive passions, and renegade lovers a new breed struggles to emerge, seeking freedom, longing to trade England at her peak for a wild risk on infant Canada, the Tomorrow Country.
They are Canadians-in-the-making. If only they are not too late for Katie.