Tomás takes charge.

Description:

This is the tale of two children, Tomas and Fernanda, whose father has disappeared. When Tomas fears that Child Welfare Services will come and take them away, he determines to find a hiding place in an empty warehouse and persuades his sister, who is afraid to go outside, to move there.

subjects: foster care,  Hispanics,  children on their own

Places: New York

Times: 1960s but reads as current