Description This is a second-hand, used copy of this book. Please check condition in product details before ordering. Used – Very Good: Shows some small signs of wear – but no tears – on either binding or paper. Used – Good: Average used worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Used – Fair: Worn book that has complete text pages but may have some small defect like slight tears. Will be noticeably worn. On a stifling summer’s day, eleven-year-old Jack and his two sisters sit in their broken-down car, waiting for their mother to come back and rescue them. Jack’s in charge, she’d said. I won’t be long. But she doesn’t come back. She never comes back. And life as the children know it is changed for ever. Three years later, Jack is still in charge – of his sisters, of supporting them all, of making sure nobody knows they’re alone in the house, and – quite suddenly – of finding out the truth about what happened to his mother . . . Customers Also Liked Reviews