
"Boyden is such a fine writer, evoking his characters' emotions in a touching and understandable way." -Toronto Star "A profoundly sensitive writer with the eye of a painter and a heart as big as the country about which he writes." -Frederick Barton Along the way he's followed by Manitous, spirits of the forest who comment on his plight, cajoling, taunting, and ultimately offering him a type of comfort on his difficult journey back to the place he was so brutally removed from. Too late, he realizes just how far away home is. The acclaimed author of The Orenda gives us a powerful and poignant look into the last moments of Charlie Wenjack, a residential school runaway trying to find his way home.Īn Ojibwe boy runs away from a North Ontario Indian School.
