LONG WAY HOME

Twelve-year-old George is sent to his seventh foster home, down on the Dyers’ farm this time. He’s dreading it. He bitterly used to the routine: getting stared at, feeling different, all the questions. This family seems to be different – a wayward cow introduces him to the children, Tom and the non-stop talker Storme, and George enjoys his first day on the farm. By night, he’s still determined to run back to the Children’s Home, but in a sudden storm, he’s needed to help save the cow he met that morning. Tom guesses George’s plans and asks him to stay. In the next few weeks, the children work on the farm together, and George is taught to swim in a nearby river. But one day George and Storme get caught in the mist while walking on the moors…….