Mark Robson is a loner. Bullied at school, he comes home to a nagging, suffocating mother and a silent, drinking father. His friend Tim seems to have joined forces with the school bullies, passing on every secret Mark's ever told him to stay in favour. But Mark suddenly begins to feel that something or someone is trying to communicate with him. He feels a presence beside him as night falls in the empty park, the name 'Lucy' appears on the bedroom window. His parents won't answer his questions, his mother clings to her ideas of safe respectability and tries to make Mark's life fit in with them. But the truth has to come out. Mark discovers he has a sister whose brain became damaged after nearly drowning in the park. His mother visits her every month, but his father has had to block the pain with whisky. The revelation rocks the family, but it releases them to face a more positive future.

 

This book was recognised in the Ages 9-11 Years category by the Smarties Book Award.

There are 126 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Egmont UK Ltd .