When not writing, I paint, or do crafts, read, and listen to music. I do Tai Chi every day. I also enjoy time with friends, and going to movies. I would love to travel, but for the past several years this has not been possible. Instead, I travel to other worlds in my mind. It is just as amazing.

Sherryl Jordan,

March 2019

Publishing Details

First published in paperback in New Zealand in 1994 by Ashton Scholastic Limited.

This 25th anniversary edition published in 2019 by Scholastic New Zealand Limited

Private Bag 94407, Botany, Auckland 2163, New Zealand

Scholastic Australia Pty Limited

PO Box 579, Gosford, NSW 2250, Australia

Text © Sherryl Jordan, 1992

Sherryl Jordan asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

ISBN 978-1-77543-598-3 (print)

ISBN 978-1-77543-668-3 (ebook)

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical or digital, including photocopying, recording, storage in any information retrieval system, or otherwise, without prior written permission of the publisher.

A catalogue record for this book is available from the National Library of New Zealand.

Publishing team: Lynette Evans, Penny Scown and Nicola van Aardt

Cover design: Leon Mackie