Joanne Robertson with Shirley (Fletcher) Horn

Shirley: an Indian Residential school story - Toronto, ON Second Story Press 2026

"The inspiring story of a young girl's resilience and survival at residential school. Shirley is only five years old when she is taken away by the Indian agent to live at a residential school. She loves learning, but she is not there by choice. From the first day walking up the long, lonely stone steps of the school building, life is hard and full of rules. Separated from her brothers and sisters, she is truly on her own. Shirley is very brave, but there is no one she loves to hold her at night when she is afraid. No one to tuck her in and comfort her. Shirley keeps going despite the sadness. She makes friends and has adventures. And most of all, she looks ahead to summertime, when she will be able to return to her family and the happiness of home."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN: 9781772604542

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Fletcher Horn, Shirley—Biography
Indigenous Peoples North America Ontario Chapleau Biography
Off-reservation boarding schools—Ontario—Chapleau—Juvenile literature
Women—Biography
Biographies
residential schools