This book is part of a book series called New Longman Literature .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 192 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Pearson Education Limited .

Joan Lingard was born in Edinburgh but grew up in Belfast. She has had a long and varied career in children's books, and was awarded the M. B. E, in 1998 for services to children's literature. She writes with equal success for teenagers, adults and the very young.