Book description
Mum knew she shouldn't have left the children alone. That was why she
was hurrying home, running to catch the evening train. She was so
worried about Nicky and Roy that she didn't hear the thief come up
behind her; she didn't look carefully when she dashed across the road
. . .
Back at home Nicky is findingit harder and harder to reassure her
younger brother Roy. Soon the children are running out of money and
the neighbours are getting suspicious. But whatever happens, Nicky is
certain of one thing - she will NEVER tell.
Ruth Thomas was born in Wellington, Somerset, in 1927. She received a
BA Honours Degree in English and a Diploma in Education from Bristol
University and went on to teach in a number of primary schools in the
East End of London. Ruth began writing soon after she retired in 1985.
Her first novel The Runaways won The Guardian Children's Fiction Award.
This was followed by four further critically acclaimed novels including
The Secret, which was televised by Thames Television. She now lives in
Kensal Green London.
