Stray

by Dick King-Smith

Published 15 July 1996
When seventy-five-year-old Henny Hickathrift runs away from the old people's home, she meets five children and their parents who welcome her into their family.

Miss Slade is a recluse who lives in an old caravan in Blackberry Bottom. When newcomers move into the nearest house, she gradually starts to rejoin the village community. But what no one knows is that Miss Slade keeps all her money buried in a milk churn. Is it safe?