Twelve-year-old Meg Gallant and her cousin Nève are determined to win the Acadian Star talent competition that has come to their small Cape Breton town. Hoping to reach the finals in Halifax, the two best friends have worked tirelessly to perfect their song and dance routines. But on the night of the competition, after learning the crushing news that Nève is moving across the country, Meg is magically transported into the past by her eccentric great-aunt Perle. Stranded in the eighteenth century, Meg finds herself charged with the task of breaking her family's curse by preventing her ancestors from being separated during the Acadian Deportation.