Zowey Corby lives with her gran and her older brother, Gowie, in Black Cat Lane. When posh Lucy Leadley-Brown joins her class at Cricklepit Combined School, Zowie isn't sure she's going to like her. Lucy is unhappy in her new school where life is very strange and alarming. This fast-moving story tells of the beginnings of new friendships and of relationships and adventures in Cricklepit Combined School.

 

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 1997 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Carnegie medallist Gene Kemp exquisite writing brings a breath of fresh country air to all young readers. Paul Howard studied graphic design in Leicester, graduating in 1989 with first class honours. For a time he worked in London's Natural History Museum. He lives in Ireland. He won the Blue Peter Children's Book Award 2001.