On a frozen Cornish moor, a fourteen-year-old girl lives in a trailer with her dad and little brother. Ennor#146;s mother left years ago, when things started to go wrong -- and gradually their world has fallen apart. Now her father#146;s gravely ill, school has closed, and Ennor knows they#146;re going to take her brother away if things don#146;t pick up soon. Days before Christmas, when the wind is cold and her dad#146;s health takes a turn for the worse, Ennor packs a blanket, a map, a saucepan and a gun into her rucksack, and sets off to find her mum and bring her home.Ennor thinks she knows where she#146;s going. But this journey will change her life for ever -- it becomes a battle for survival, a heartbreaking story of love and friendship, and a fable about not finding what you were looking for, but finding something more important instead .