Never Less : We all need a safety net, but need a true friend even more (2nd ed.)

The day two twelve-year-olds stumble across a secret tunnel

is the day they start to save their dads.

Pablo is a Dreamer kid whose father is always one step away from deportation. When self-assured Mindy begs Pablo to help her distract her dad from taking opioid "painkillers", Pablo realizes she too has a father to save. 

Can their octogenarian mentor keep them away from the Prohibition mill, now being used by drug traffickers? Or will the kids become victims of the drug gangs when Pablo risks his life to save Mindy's dad?

Though hanging without a safety net,

can their loyalty and friendship overcome the schemes of an addicted parent?

This timely cross-generational middle grade thriller about addiction will empower young readers and keep them turning the pages.

Never Less is a fun adventure.

Middle graders will relate to and join the struggle

against the dangerous opioid crisis.