A review by teawithdee
The Forgotten Home Child by Genevieve Graham

4.0

I remember driving across Manitoba to Russell, Manitoba a few years go and listening to a radio program about the British Home Children and was startled to learn that from about 1890-1940 more than 100,000 children had basically been sold from England to Canadian households and farms. I learned that of the many children that arrived in Canada as indentured servants, many died of neglect, starvation and abuse. If I ever write a book, I think I would like to delve deeper into this topic but am not sure if my heart could take it. Somewhere along the way, I believe the impetus for this movement was to alleviate child poverty but there were no checks and balances and so many children suffered. This story tried to provide a balanced look at what might have become of the youth by focusing on the stories of 6. It was a pretty good story but I was left wanting more. What happened to the toddlers and younger kids? How did this misery end?