Set in Jim Crow Florida, The Reformatory follows twelve-year-old Robert Stephens Jr., sent to a segregated reform school for a minor offense against a white boy, and his sister Gloria, who is desperate to get him out before it’s too late.
Robbie has a talent for seeing ghosts, or haints. But what was once a comfort to him after the loss of his mother becomes a window into the truth of what really happens at the reformatory – boys forced to labour who have gone missing, never to be seen again.
A haunting blend of historical fiction and horror, inspired by real events, exploring how far love will go to save the people who matter most.
