An exciting school trip goes horribly wrong in this thrilling adventure from master storyteller Malorie Blackman.
"A fast-paced adventure story with plenty of peril" – BookTrust
"A gripping adventure story … How Sam deals with the bullies … and how he deals with his own illness with another kind of bravery is all brilliantly captured in Malorie Blackman’s vivid drama" – LoveReading4Kids
"An exciting story from former Children’s Laureate Malorie Blackman … it also provides an insight into the perspective of a sick child struggling to lead a normal life" – Books for Keeps
"Thrilling adventure from master storyteller Malorie Blackman" – Summer Reading Challenge
Malorie Blackman was the eighth Children’s Laureate and is one of the UK’s most popular children’s authors. She has won, amongst a raft of other prizes, the Children’s Book Award and is the force behind YALC. In 2005 she was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award and in 2008 she received an OBE for services to children’s literature. She has been described by The Times as ‘a national treasure’. She lives in Kent.