𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙝 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙃𝙤𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣 By Gennifer Choldenko
媽媽沒有回家。
11歲的Hank照顧好年幼的妹妹Boo，苦心維繫打理家裡，就像往常每一個媽媽不在的時候。但一個禮拜過去，媽媽還是不見人影，她從來沒有離開這麼長時間…
家裡的食物吃完了，房東也上門趕人，Hank帶著妹妹，兩人設法找到了名為「緊急連絡人」的那位陌生人。
但向外求援，代表媽媽失蹤的事不得不曝光，社工、新學校、寄養家庭…
如果他們不快點找到媽媽，Hank和Boo將面臨被拆散的的命運。更令人恐懼的，還有Hank並不想面對的，關於媽媽的事，都將被盡數攤在陽光下。
面對接踵而來的困境與未知的未來，Hank努力隱藏家庭危機，同時設法維持日常生活。作者以溫暖真摯的筆觸，描繪家庭、責任與成長，以及親情、友情與社會支持的重要力量，並引領讀者思考家庭關係與成長的意義。
Everyone will be rooting for a happy ending for Hank, a boy struggling to hold his family together when his mom doesn't come home, in this gripping story from Newbery Honor winner Gennifer Choldenko.
“One of those rare and important books . . . Hank Hooperman may well be the most resourceful, courageous, and loving big brother in the history of children’s literature.”—Katherine Applegate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The One and Only Ivan
A CALIBA GOLDEN POPPY AWARD WINNER • A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL AND KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
When eleven-year-old Hank’s mom doesn’t come home, he takes care of his toddler sister, Boo, like he always does. But it’s been a week now. They are out of food and mom has never stayed away this long… Hank knows he needs help, so he and Boo seek out the stranger listed as their emergency contact.
But asking for help has consequences. It means social workers, and a new school, and having to answer questions about his mom that he's been trying to keep secret. And if they can't find his mom soon, Hank and Boo may end up in different foster homes--he could lose everything.
Gennifer Choldenko has written a heart-wrenching, healing, and ultimately hopeful story about how complicated family can be. About how you can love someone, even when you can’t rely on them. And about the transformative power of second chances.
