Following her super villain parents being captured and locked away in jail, Melody Doom is adopted by a family who couldn't be more different to hers... Her goody two shoes foster family are a complete nightmare. They sing songs, wear bright colours and, worst of all, play charades every night! Melody knows she needs to escape, but how?

 

This book features in the following series: Gems, Gems Series .

. This book is part of a HiLo reading scheme, combining high interest relative to the required reading skill.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by Badger Publishing .

Tommy Donbavand is the author of the popular Scream Street series (Walker Books) which was also adapted into a hit CBBC show. His Barrington Stoke title Uniform won the 2011 Hackney Short Novel Award.