Things haven't been easy for Jessie since her brother James - sports star and popular kid - died. Her mum and dad are lost in grief and she's feeling isolated at school; when the popular girls on her dance team give her a hard time, she just can't seem to remember the routines ...

... and Jessie can still see James. Talk to him, or quarrel with him, more like! They always bickered when James was alive, so why change now?

But James might turn out to be her unlikely saviour. Along with Alan, the dorky new boy, can he give Jessie the confidence to show the rest of the dance team what she's got ... and help her and her parents on the road towards healing?

Funny, sharp and poignant, a story about living with a ghost, and the pain of letting go.

This book was recognised by the White Raven Award. It was recognised in the Book of the Year category by the Bisto Book Award.

This book has been graded for interest at 10+ years.

There are 192 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by O'Brien Press Ltd .

P. R. Prendergast lives in Dublin, where he has worked as a school teacher for twenty-five years. In 2009 his first children's book The Romanian Builder was published by The O'Brien Press. Dancing in the Dark, published by The O'Brien Press in 2010, was nominated for the 2011 Bisto Children's Book of the Year Award and was awarded the White Raven Label by the International Youth Library at Bologna Book Fair 2011. He has three children of his own.