Two culturally diverse children flee from criminals into outback Australia. Can you ever be too young to find your soul mate? Emily needs immediate protection. Her parents' mysterious activities have been exposed. Feel the suspense as a gambling syndicate takes vengeance by threatening his family for her father's crimes. In a coming-of-age novel that at times becomes a psychological thriller, orphaned Jarrah needs family and to own the Dreaming Billabong land before a new Australian migrant buys it, or he will be forcibly returned to a brutal, Aboriginal boys' training home, and the land will be lost to his people. Will the boy connect with an emotionally introverted girl? If she will be the friend he desperately needs to heal his grief, is he mature enough to share the dangers she faces? How can an eleven-year-old protect a seven-year-old from criminals?