Nimbus, Halifax, 2009, 1^st.  ISBN 1-55109-736-2.  Trade soft cover, 144 pages.  Unread copy, not remaindered; bit of sticker residue on rear wrap.  ‘But they are barely settled in before Pru’s father takes off, leaving Pru’s mother alone to care for the family in the time-worn farmhouse they call home.  Not long after, Pru’s mother takes ill.  Knowing she doesn’t have much time left, she begins to teach Pru and her older brother, Jesse, all the things they’ll need to know to take care of themselves and their younger siblings once she’s gone.  After their mother dies, Pru and Jesse do everything they can to hid the fact that they’re on their own o that they and their brother and sister aren’t separated and sent away.  But when suspicions are raised, Pru and Jesse are forced to take desperate – sometimes drastic – measures to keep their family from being torn apart.’ (from rear wrap)