I have read Patricia Skidmore's books as well as several other books. The British Home Children group I belong to has put together this list of books http://britishhomechild.com/british-home-child-books/
Indeed. Anti-Imperialism has a long history, but many still prefer voices critical of the Empire not to be heard.Respect to those who, at the time, campaigned against it and were ignored.
Lyn, Liz Berry's 'Home Child' deserves to be read for its language and imagination. It is a fictional work, because while Eliza Showell had a long life she remained in domestic service in the same area of Cape Breton, never married or had a family of her own. She was the youngest of her family when she was sent to Canada age 12. Eliza never returned to Britain or saw her brothers again. She died in a Seniors home in 1978 and her employers paid for a small gravestone.its hard to believe that so many children were still being sent away as late as the 1960s...i can only hope that they found happiness in the end...so sad
lyn