Berry doesn't see much of her dad after the divorce. Until the day he turns up and tells her that her sister has been murdered in South Africa. Consumed by grief, Berry feels empty, like she could dissolve into nothing. At night she lies in bed, held down by a pile of stones to stop her floating away. Then her dad tells her they are going to South Africa to attend a memorial service. Feeling isolated and alone, Berry begins a painful journey to the place where her sister died - with a father she doesn't want to know. But in a country seeking its own reconciliation, Berry takes the reluctant steps towards forgiveness.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is part of a book series called Thorndike Young Adult .

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published in 2003 by Pan Macmillan .

Rob Shepperson's drawings appear regularly in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post, and he illustrated THE BIG HOUSE, by Carolyn Coman. He lives in Croton-on-Hudson, NY.