A Share of Freedom
Freedom Jo is a smart-mouthed 13-year-old, with an alcoholic mother, a little brother, Jackie, whom she adores--and no idea who her father is. Afraid of being separated from Jackie after a binge lands their mother in an alcoholism-treatment program, Freedom runs away with him, hoping to hide out until their mother comes home. Her plan precipitates a chain of events that leads to the discovery of her father's identity.