Book description
Flynn is a thirteen-year-old girl caught between her violent,
out-of-control brother, Sam, and her mother, who is struggling to
cope. And then, one impossibly hot night, a strange half-feral boy
called Alex turns up at the bottom of Flynn's garden. Alex is one of
three runaways; there's also Diana, who has just had a baby, and
Mouse, who is only six and already an accomplished arsonist.
With Flynn and Sam in tow, the rag tag group of children venture
into the deserted countryside, pursued by a terrifying and unseen man.
Deep in the woods, they stumble across an abandoned cottage which
seems to offer refuge but soon begins to reveal its dark and
terrifying secrets...
Julie Myerson was born in Nottingham in 1960. She is the author of
Sleepwalking
(1993),
The Touch
(1996),
Me and the Fat Man
(1998),
Laura Blundy
(2000),
Something Might Happen
(2003)
The Story of You
(2006) and
Then
(2012). She lives in London.
