This book is part of a book series called Insight Text Guide .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 72 pages in this book. This is a study guide book. This book was published 2010 by Insight Publications .

Ruth Thomas was born in Wellington, Somerset, in 1927. She received a BA Honours Degree in English and a Diploma in Education from Bristol University and went on to teach in a number of primary schools in the East End of London. Ruth began writing soon after she retired in 1985. Her first novel The Runaways won The Guardian Children's Fiction Award. This was followed by four further critically acclaimed novels including The Secret, which was televised by Thames Television. She died in 2011.