Sandy Brown discovers that something is not right when she visits her recently-widowed grandmother. There are strange goings-on at the remote farmhouse. Armed men crawl, ant-like, across a distant horizon. Sandy's grandma believes that her dead husband, Harold, is due back home any time soon. A marauding beast is loose in the countryside. A freaky ex-employee from the time when Sandy's grandparents owned a circus has turned up to demand money. Sandy's grandma talks about a son who does not exist. Three bizarre teenagers flit like ghosts among the tree tops in the surrounding woodland.......and what is the grown-ups' solution? Why, simply put Gran in a nursing home. End of story. And Sandy's solution? No way, there is nothing wrong with Grandma. And since the grown-ups can't be bothered, it is up to Sandy to unravel the mysteries in her grandma's life. So how come everything goes so terribly wrong? Why does Sandy find herself standing, with tears in her eyes, to give her grandmother the devastating news that will surely break the kind old lady's heart......? "I have now read your novel and enjoyed it for its freshness and verve. With HTB you have shown considerable promise as a children's writer and this justifies continuing to write this kind of book." ------Hilary Johnson, Renowned Literary Consultant (UK)