About a Home Child

From the streets of Britain to Canada’s vast unknown, their uncertain journey unfolds.

Barnardo’s Homes first opened in East London, in 1867, to provide free shelter, meals, and education for poor and orphaned children. Despite their troubled pasts, these kids found family in each other. But over the decades, as demands grew and funding dwindled, Barnardo’s must look toward a different future for their charges. They must look toward Canada.

This gripping novel, inspired by a real chapter of...