Long story short

By Siobhán Parkinson

Subjects: Siblings, Siblings, fiction, Family problems, Runaway children, Dysfunctional families, Runaway teenagers, Fiction, Children's fiction, Ireland, fiction, Runaways, Brothers and sisters, Juvenile fiction, Family life

Description: Fourteen-year-old Jono and his eight-year-old sister Julie run away when, soon after their grandmother's death, their alcoholic mother hits Julie, but when the police find them in Galway, Jono learns he is in big trouble.