Summary

"Ten-year-old Willow and her younger, emotionally disturbed brother ,Twig are like "nobody's children." Abandoned by their drug-addicted mother, Angel, they become homeless and their temporary caretaker suddenly dies. The terrified kids end up at the Vancouver police station and Willow finally call her grandmother, who Willow believed had disowned Angel and her Grandmother welcomes the children with delight, and with the help of an uncle, the children travel to the family farm near Toronto to begin their new life. A moving, ultimately hopeful story about abandonment and rescue." (Novelist Review)