Kate de Goldi, author of the popular novel for teengers, "Sanctuary" presents a new family mystery that involves something strange and unresolved in Christy's background. She takes her elderly grandmother on a railway journey from Christchurch to the West Coast in an attempt to unravel the puzzle. At the same time she is in love, and trying to make sense of her developing relationship with Sonny.
Awards
Shortlisted for NZLIA Children's Book Award Esther Glen Medal 1998 and New Zealand Post Children's Book Award: Senior Fiction 1998.