One stormy night, five stranded schoolchildren uncover the story of Richard Clayton Harwick a boy who many years ago learned what it was like to have a truly wicked stepfather. But the children have stories of their own step-parents to tell stories that have warmth and humour, as well as sadness, and a fair share of happy endings. For children who have some similar experience, this novel will be therapeutic; for those who haven t it s an absorbing read, to make them laugh and cry Sunday Telegraph."
- ISBN10 0582292514
- ISBN13 9780582292512
- Publish Date 23 April 1997 (first published 26 January 1995)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 April 2001
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Pearson Education Limited
- Format Paperback
- Pages 176
- Language English