01896cam a2200337 i 4500 2828167468 TxAuBib 20260803120000.0 170713s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017288524 9780062434593 hardback 0062434594 hardback (OCoLC)972900792 TxAuBib rda Zarr, Sara, author. Gem & Dixie / Sara Zarr. Gem and Dixie. New York : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2017. 282 p. ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Gem has never known what it is to have security. She's never known an adult she can truly rely on. But the one constant in her life has been Dixie. Gem grew up taking care of her sister when no one else could: not their mother, whose issues make it hard for her to keep food on the table, and definitely not their father, whose intermittent presence is the only thing worse than his frequent absence. Even as Gem and Dixie have grown apart, they've always had each other. When their dad returns home for the first time in years and tries to insert himself back into their lives, Gem finds herself with an unexpected opportunity: three days with Dixie -- on their own in Seattle and beyond. But this short trip soon becomes something more, as Gem discovers that to save herself, she may have to sever the one bond she's tried so hard to keep. 20260803. Sisters Juvenile fiction. Runaway children Juvenile fiction. Dysfunctional families Juvenile fiction. Absentee fathers Juvenile fiction. Children of drug abusers Juvenile fiction. TXMOO