Book description
Frances Foggarty, now in her fifties, remembers her childhood.. When
she was nine her ten-year-old brother, Tom, was hit by a milk-float and
killed. He returns after the funeral and Frances's story is of her new
relationship with Tom, the ghost and 'guardian angel'. Frances wears a
caliper as a result of polio and she and her young brother live with a
rather tyrannical aunt. In this touching tale of loss, hardship and
endurance Frances comes to terms with Tom's death and moves on in her
life. Allan Ahlberg, a former teacher, postman, plumber's mate and
grave digger, is a fulltime writer. He has published over 100 children's
books and, with his late wife Janet, created such award-winning picture
books as EACH PEACH PEAR PLUM and THE JOLLYCHRISTMAS POSTMAN - both
winners of the Greenaway Medal. He has also written prize-winning poetry
and fiction for older readers. Allan now lives in London.
