Buddy

Buddy is worried. Why has his mum left home and how can he get her back? What's it like to die? How can he stop being an outsider at school? Do the police know he's a shoplifter? What's the mysterious 'job' his dad has found and what has it got to do with that old house in Croxley Street where two people met such terrible deaths? This classic novel combines an exciting adventure story with a moving and totally convincing account of a boy's difficult relationship with his eccentric but lovable rogue of a father.