General, Toronto, 1988.  ISBN 0-7736-7267-2.  MMPB, 191 pages.  Unread copy with light edge and cover wear, sticker ghost on front, tiny corner bends.  Interior clean and unmarked with lightly tanned pages.  ‘Dare, almost 16, is a big, tough, street-wise kid, always in trouble at school and around the town of Crossing, Alberta.  His 12-year-old brother, Ty, is just the opposite:  quiet, studious, at the head of his class.  When their grandmother dies, the two are faced with the prospect of going to a foster home – until Laura McConnell, a part-time teacher, invites them to her ranch.  If it weren’t for Ty, Dare would be long gone … a desire that intensifies into white-hot rage as he clashes with Laura and faces the pain of his past.’ (from rear wrap)