Brought up 'in care', Mak has no family and little memory of his past. When an eccentric, single woman named Evelyn Cairns expresses interest in adopting him, he is delighted and astonished. Then, without warning, he is taken to live with new foster parents, and all contact with Miss Cairns abruptly stops. However, Mak is determined to hold on to his hopes of a life with her, resents his new parents, and relations in his new home quickly become intolerable ...

Then Mak learns that Miss Cairns has died, and no one had thought to tell him. He is utterly grief-stricken. However, with the discovery that he is a beneficiary of Evelyn's will, things start looking up. His foster parents arrange for some of the money to be released for an overseas trip, which they hope will bring the three of them closer together. But things don't quite go according to plan ...

This book is part of a book series called Signature Series .

There are 218 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Hachette Children's Group .

RACHEL ANDERSON, author of numerous children's books, first introduced the character of Gabrielle in Little Angel Comes to Stay. She lives in England.