num_pages: 224
description: Tom and Jordy have been living with their gran since the day their mother Loretta left them on her doorstep and disappeared.Now Lorettas returned and she wants her boys back.Tom and Jordy hit the road with Loretta in her beat-up car. The family of three journeys across the country squabbling bonding searching and reconnecting.But Loretta isnt mother material. Shes broke unreliable lost. And theres something else thats not quite right with this reunion.They reach the west coast and take refuge in a beachside caravan park. Their neighbour a surly old man warns the kids to stay away. But when Loretta disappears again the boys have no choice but to ask the old man for help and now they face new threats and new fears.This beautifully written and gripping debut is as moving as it is frightening and as heartbreaking as it is tender.
language: English
title: Floundering
publisher: Text Publsihing