Thirteen-year old Robin is in the hospital after another beating from her mother. Yet she s happier than she s ever been because she s making friends with Declan and the other children on the ward, and because the kindly nurses are giving her the love she s always craved from her mother. Robin helps Declan too, when they sneak out of the hospital on a mysterious errand, and they meet Lee, another abused girl. Then one morning, Robin is stunned to find herself painfully alone again all her friends, and even the nurses, have disappeared and strangers are in their place. Now desolate and grieving, it s up to Robin, to discover what has happened to all her friends. Robin s Auntie Val (who Robin s mother has kept out of Robin s life) helps her and together they solve the mystery.