It was a seascape, moody with rocks and cliffs and wild showers of spray. Ellie#146;s own reflection was drawn into it, like a ghost image among the lights and shadows. #145;That#146;s our island ,#146; Morag said. #145;It looks mysterious.#146; #145;It is. That#146;s where we#146;re going tomorrow.#146; Ellie is excited to be going with Morag#146;s family to their beautiful island, but when she finds herself abandoned there, things begin to change. Footsteps, shadows, strange lights, a haunting song; more and more she becomes aware that she is not really on her own.

Twice-winner of the Carnegie Medal Life TCM figures well over 200,000 copies 'We should treasure writers like Berlie Doherty who are incapable of writing a mediocre sentence.' Sunday Telegraph.