I could hear Dennis talking to my ma. 'She was little,' he said. 'Little like me. But old. Older than you.' Those words gave me a cold shock. I could see Dennis imagining fairies, but old ones? When Bobby's mother moves the family into a rented house in the country, a neighbour tells him that a child was once murdered there. Bobby doesn't care. All he wants is to get back to Dublin and to resume his wild life there, stealing from the crowded shopping streets and racing stolen cars at night. But getting his old life back doesn't turn out to be so easy, and the longer he spends in the old cottage, the more convinced he becomes that something very strange is going on there. Was there really a murder? And if so, was it the one he has been told about?

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the Honour category by the Bisto Book Award. It was recognised in the Honour - Illustration category by the Bisto Book Award. It also was recognised in the Teen category by the Booktrust Book Award. The Book Trust Best Book Awards with Amazon Kindle, which took place in 2014, aimed to unearth the very best childrens books the UK has to offer, and to honour authors and illustrators who continue Britains proud heritage of storytelling. It was recognised in the Book of the Year category by the Bisto Book Award. Also it was recognised by the Carnegie Award. The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded by childrens librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people.

There are 272 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .

Kate Thompson lives in Ireland where she has worked a smallholding for ten years. She has two daughters. She is a fanatical player of the fiddle and an obsessive gardener.