Description: Originally published: Great Britain: Blue Door, 2014.
Brief description: Alex Shearer has written for television, radio, film, and the stage and is the author of many books for children, including The Speed of the Dark, which was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. He was born in Wick, in the north of Scotland, and now lives in Somerset.
Review Quotes: "This is a lovely, touching book. The subject is a poignant one, handled with tact, insight and, most of all, with love."--Alexander McCall Smith