Pearl and Jodie are sisters. Pearl is younger smal and shy and anxious Jodie is nearly three years older, bold and brash and bad and Pearl adores her 
When their parents get new jobs at the posh Melchester College, the girls are suddenly thrust into a new life. In their new home things seem different Jodie has always been the leader but now it's Pearl whos making new friends Jodie doesnit fit in with the snooly teenagers in her class and just seems to be getting into more and more trouble 
Maybe Pearl doesnit need Jodie as much as she used to. But Jodie needs her And when the school Fireworks night comes around and 占 tragic event occurs, Pearl realizes quite how much she does need her big sister 
"Literary superstar Independent A moving and powerful story from the best-selling, 
award-winning Jacqueline Wilson.