For Jono and Julie life with their mother is no life at all. After an altercation with their ma Julie’s face is covered by a vicious looking bruise and Jono has had enough. She is only little after all.

There Ma just doesn't seem capable of looking after them anymore. Running away is the right thing to do, or is it? After Julie ends up in foster care and Jono in a house for delinquents, he meets Kate and with her guidance he learns that life is not always as we want it.

A powerful and touching tale of one boy's mission to protect his little sister, written by Irish Children's Laureate Siobhan Parkinson has written another page turner. ( )