Book description
Maxine's parents have had to do perhaps the worst possible thing:
confirm the identity of her brother Derek's body by the clothes he was
wearing when he disappeared. So the brother who was missing is now
officially dead. But then the worst possible thing really happens:
Maxine receives a telephone call from somebody saying he is her
brother. She can hardly believe her ears. Has Derek come back from the
dead?
In this pacy thriller the author manages to confront many issues
including: how different people deal with grief/the very under-rated
effect of severe bullying at school/sibling rivalry - all in a
fast-paced compelling narrative voice.
Cathy MacPhail won the Kathleen Fidler Award with her first
novel, Run Zan Run, the Scottish Arts Council Award with her
second novel Fighting Back, and a Royal Mail award for
Roxy's Baby. Cathy MacPhail's work is enormously popular with
young teenagers, her trademarks being a mix of humour, with pacy and
topical storylines. Cathy lives in Greenock, Scotland.
