On the run from the authorities and the angry townspeople of Weasel City, British Columbia, in the early 1940s, teenage Loretta and her younger brother, Teddy, travel with their gambling stepfather, 'Bean-Trap' Braden, as he strikes out in search of a good poker game in the Canadian and American West.

 

This book was recognised in the Choice Selection category by the Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards.

There are 144 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Dundurn Group Ltd .