The Home Child
The Home Child Inspired by a true story, a beautiful novel-in-verse about a child far from home. 'A profound act of witness to a long injustice, and a beautifully crafted conjuring of a life lived as…
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The Home Child
Inspired by a true story, a beautiful novel-in-verse about a child far from home. 'A profound act of witness to a long injustice, and a beautifully crafted conjuring of a life lived as truly as possible' Guardian 'Book of the Day' 'Ground-breaking' Benjamin Zephaniah 'Exquisite' Hannah Lowe, author of The Kids 'Home's not a place, you must believe this, but one who names you and means beloved.'In 1908, Eliza Showell, twelve years old and newly orphaned, boards a ship that will carry her from the slums of the Black Country to rural Nova Scotia. From award-winning poet Liz Berry.
She is a Home Child, one of thousands of British children sent to Canada to work as indentured farm labourers and domestic servants.In Nova She will never return to Britain or see her family again.
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