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The name of the book is "No Goodbye" and is written by Marita Conlon-McKenna.

"No Goodbye" is about a family that falls apart when the mother takes off. She leaves them a letter stating that she felt she had no part in her marriage.She rings them occasionally and tells them that she is staying with her sister in London.The story itself is situated in Ireland,near Dublin.Lucy,at the age of twelve, is left doing all the housework and has to look after her little sister Grace, and do the cooking.Grace is bewildered and keeps asking where her mummy is and when she is coming home. She doesn't understand and won't be good for her dad. Dad is depressed and comes in late. He sits in the kitchen or sitting room watching telly or reading the newspaper. He often gives out to Greg for not pulling his weight and leaving all the work to Lucy. Greg is the eldest and loves rugby, he wants to play on the A team. He hates having to look after his brother and sisters. Connor is ten and is quite troublesome. He has learning difficulties that his mum used to help him with. He feels that the others don't care about him and is constantly in fights with other at school. Connor, fed up with being ignored and hated by his family and friends, runs away. He doesn't know where to go and finds himself at the port where ferries are going to Holly Head. He decides to find his mother.He brought no money apart from his postal order and a few euros he spent on food so spends the night asleep in a boat until he can withdraw money from his postal order the next morning.However the nightswatchman discovers him and Connor agrees to let him ring his dad. Grace and Connor come down with the chicken pox and the children's granny is forced to intervene. Then Greg is knocked on concious while trying out for the A team in rugby. Dad is overwhelmed and his sales are down and he mightn't get the yearly bonus he gets every year. He has to travel down to Kerry to sell some vetinary medicine and takes the kids along. The children don't want to go in case their mother comes back.Connor, still sore about her leaving, suggests that they leave a letter on the kitchen table as she did to them. Everyone laughs at this and they wrote a letter saying they were going away, but they didn't say where. Lucy, Greg and Grace left little clues. Grace painted a picture of a dolphin, supposedly Funghi, Lucy accidentally on purpose left her diary open on her bed and Greg left a map with Dingle circled on his bedside table. And so they set off. When they arrived in Dingle they were amazed by its beauty, townkids as they wee the children were greatly fascinated by the sea and the fields. On their last day there, they took one last stroll on the beach and paddle in the sea. Grace was convinced she saw a dolphin and Lucy had to grab her as she tried to swim out to it. Greg and Lucy wouldn't beleive her, but Connor thought he had seen it too. Suddenly a faint voice yelled their names. The children swung round and there a short distance away, with her arms outstretched was their mother. They ran like rockets towards her and embodied her in a big hug. Their family was complete again.

 My favourite character was Grace because she was so cute. She didn't have a clue what was going on and I felt sorry for her.

The saddest part was when the children came home from school, their mother was missing and their father was sitting in the kitchen reading a letter she had left for them.

 The happiest part was when the family was reunited again.

Each chapter in the book was narrated by a different character so you could understand all their thoughts and feelings. I would definately recommend this book because it was interesting

I wold give this book a 10/10!!!