Lockie is a bit of a misfit. Orphaned, he is placed in foster home after foster home, but somehow he never settles in. 'Troublemaker' is the general verdict.

He runs away and meets up with some colourful characters - Dadge and his strange friends Pasha and Mammy Tallon. For the first time Lockie doesn't feel like an outsider.

But others are out to wreck his happiness.

This book was recognised in the Book of the Year - Eilis Dillon Memorial Award category by the Bisto Book Award. It was recognised in the Book of the Year category by the Bisto Book Award.

There are 192 pages in this book. This book was published 1995 by O'Brien Press Ltd .

Frank Murphy is a retired school principal, living in Cork. His teaching career, which began in Dublin, took him also to north Wexford, and eventually to Cork city. He has written stories, non-fiction pieces and poetry in Irish and English. Most of his work has appeared in school books in Ireland and the UK, with some stories also included in anthologies of children's fiction on both sides of the Atlantic.