Lanky Jones — Catherine Cookson

Daniel Jones wanted no more trouble -- he already had plenty. Living alone with his father was far from easy, and the weekend visits with his now-attentive mother and her new husband were almost more than the fifteen-year-old could bear.

But then, one night, he and his father are stranded during a snowstorm and are offered refuge by a kind family at the Everton farm. Daniel is mystified by the strange goings-on there and, though reluctant at first, becomes deeply involved in the Evertons' problems and discovers that their long kept secret was more disturbing than his own.

In this suspenseful adventure, a young boy realises that there are few simple rights and wrongs in love and family ties.