A new girl arrives at a new school in a new and unfamiliar city. The children in her class are hostile and unhappy; treating her badly. Her response is to create something beautiful; soething that transforms their attitude to her as well as their vision of themselves and their own lives.

Nicola Davies is an award-winning author, whose many books for children include The Promise (Green Earth Book Award 2015, Greenaway Shortlist 2015), Tiny (AAAS Subaru Prize 2015), A First Book of Nature, Whale Boy (Blue Peter Award Shortlist 2014), and the Heroes of the Wild Series (Portsmouth Book Prize 2014). She graduated in zoology, studied whales and bats and then worked for the BBC Natural History Unit. Underlying all Nicola's writing is the belief that a relationship with nature is essential to every human being, and that now, more than ever, we need to renew that relationship. Nicola's children’s books from Graffeg include Perfect, The Word Bird, Animal Surprises, Into the Blue and the Shadows and Light series: The White Hare, Mother Cary's Butter Knife, The Selkie's Mate, Elias Martin, Bee Boy and the Moonflowers and The Eel Question.