Stookie Norris has asked Jerry Dinh to care for his gerbils whilst he's away on holiday. Jerry is so pleased as he has wanted to get to know Stookie better since they became neighbours. Then something terrible happens that threatens to ruin his hopes. Will Stookie ever forgive him?
Alexandra Thorpe was orphaned when her parents were killed crossing a busy main road in a North Midlands town.Taken into the home of so called friends, she was used as an unpaid skivvy, forcing the lonely young girl to turn to shoplifting as a means of providing herself with the basic necessities of life.Eventually, convicted of habitual shoplifting she is fostered out to a farming family in a remote area of the Lake District in Cumbria.Alex grows to love the country life amid the picturesque mountains and Lakeland Fells where she becomes lost on the peaks in a fog; is involved in a tragic mountain rescue operation; and falls deeply in love.An exciting Fell Race at the beautiful Grasmere Village Sports Festival adds spice to a story with many unexpected and heartbreaking twists.