Charlie
Subtitle: a home child's life in Canada
By: Beryl Young
Publisher: Key Porter Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 111
ISBN-13: 9781554702008
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Biography; Ouvrages pour la jeunesse; Biographies; Home children (Canadian immigrants); Enfants abandonnes britanniques (Immigrants canadiens); Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Gendarmerie royale du Canada
Description: 90,000 British children came to Canada between 1870 and 1938. This is just one of their stories.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Home children; title: A family torn apart; title: One of Dr. Barnardo's boys; title: The golden bridge; title: The new land; title: More hard work; title: A fresh start; title: The world is at war; title: Back to England; title: Finding his way; title: Life as Mountie.