Twelve-year-old Anna is looking forward to the birth of herbaby brother. Ben arrives, but is disabled and will never be like otherchildren.

Anna loves him with her whole heart, but she finds herselfunable to admit the truth of Ben’s condition to her school friends.

Eventually the truth gets out and leads not to the ridiculeAnna expected, but to sympathy and understanding.

An emotional and wonderfully written story by ElizabethLaird, Red Sky in the Morning was Highly Commended for the Carnegie Medal.

About the Author

Elizabeth Laird is the multi-award-winning author of severalmuch-loved children’s books, including The Prince Who Walked with Lions andOranges in No Man’s Land. She has been shortlisted for the prestigious CILIPCarnegie Medal for Jake’s Tower, Red Sky in the Morning, Secret Friends, ALittle Piece of Ground, The Garbage King and The Fastest Boy in the World. S