Long story short

By Siobhán Parkinson

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

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.