Author(s): Joe Layburn

Junior Fiction

When Aisha meets a pale, skinny boy called Richard in the girl's toilets, she is as surprised to meet a 1940s boy as he is to see a Somali girl. Aisha finds herself transportd back to the time of the Blitz, when her school was a santuary for East Enders fleeing the bombing. But Richard is more than just a friendly ghost; he helps Aisha confront her difficulties at home, where she is torn between two cultures. When Aisha discovers the horrifying events of her school's past, she must warn Richard about what is going to happen-but will anyone believe her?