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. An Ojibwe boy runs away from a North Ontario
Indian School. Too late, he realizes just how far away home is. 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.