Readers will be rooting for a happy ending for Hank in Newbery-Honor-winner Gennifer Choldenko\'s gripping story of a boy struggling to hold his family together when his mom doesn\'t come home.
And about the transformative power of second chances..
About how you can love someone, even when you can\'t rely on them.
Gennifer Choldenko has written a heart-wrenching, healing, and ultimately hopeful story about how complicated family can be.
And if they can\'t find his mom soon, Hank and Boo may end up in different foster homes--he could lose everything.
It means social workers, and a new school, and having to answer questions about his mom that he\'s been trying to keep secret.
But asking for help has consequences.
Hank knows he needs help, so he and Boo seek out the stranger listed as their emergency contact.
They are out of food and mom has never stayed away this long...
But it\'s been a week now.
When eleven-year-old Hank\'s mom doesn\'t come home, he takes care of his toddler sister, Boo, like he always does.
Readers will be rooting for a happy ending for Hank in Newbery-Honor-winner Gennifer Choldenko\'s gripping story of a boy struggling to hold his family together when his mom doesn\'t come home
