Inspired by a true story, a beautiful novel-in-verse about a child far from home. From award-winning poet Liz Berry.
''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. She will never return to Britain or see her family again. 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 Scotia, Eliza''s world becomes a place where ordinary things are transfigured in
