It is 1939. Spain is a country torn apart by a brutal civil war. Nick has come from Scotland illegally, in search of his father – who left the family home three years ago to fight in Spain. He never came back.

Spain is a dangerous place for a boy with no identity papers. Nick has been told to trust no one. But then, ill and desperate, he meets Isabel, the daughter of a sergeant in the dreaded Civil Guard. She offers him help. She may be his only chance of survival – but can he trust her?

A gripping, tense and affecting story for older children from acclaimed author Joan Lingard.