On a frozen Cornish moor, a fourteen-year-old girl lives in a trailer with her d
ad and little brother. Ennor's mother left years ago, when things started to go
wrong - and gradually their world has fallen apart. Now her father's gravely ill
, school has closed, and Ennor knows they're going to take her brother away if t
hings don't pick up soon.
Days before Christmas, when the wind is cold and he
r dad's health takes a turn for the worse, Ennor packs a blanket, a map, a sauce
pan and a gun into her rucksack, and sets off to find her mum and bring her home
. Ennor thinks she knows where she's going. But this journey will change her lif
e for ever - it becomes a battle for survival, a heartbreaking story of love and
friendship, and a fable about not finding what you were looking for, but findin
g something more important instead ...
