When Ella is kidnapped, her family don't realize just what a nightmare they are entering. Because the kidnapper has more than just money on his mind - and as his plans unfold, all the members of the family are forced to confront their deepest, darkest secrets. This is a major new novel from the author of the Carnegie medal-winning "River Boy". * Prize-winning author: Tim Bowler has won the Carnegie Medal, the Angus Book Prize (twice), and the Lancashire Children's Book Award. * A tightly-plotted, exciting thriller, with a real sense of tension and danger. * Brilliantly-handled themes of betrayal, trust, and revenge. * Wonderful fresh cover design - being issued simultaneously with new matching editions of "River Boy" and "Shadows". * Author was born and brought up in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, and now lives in Totnes, Devon.
- ISBN10 0192718800
- ISBN13 9780192718808
- Publish Date 1 September 2001
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 6 May 2002
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 160
- Language English