On the fifth anniversary of his sister’s death, nineteen-year-old Jonny Dart is still troubled by guilt and an imperfect memory of the accident that took hr life. He goes searching for the only other witness to the fatal event, his sister’s best friend. But instead of finding the answers he’s looking for, he finds Sophie — a gentle old woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, who teaches him about remembering and about loss.

• ISBN: 9780689829116
• Author: Mahy, Margaret
• Published: 1999, Simon Pulse
• Themes: accident, disease, Family, memory, Search, suffering, Young adult
• Descriptors: New Zealand, Oceania, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
• No. of pages: 288