A touching story about a boy struggling to follow his dreams, by the bestselling author of Goodnight Mister Tom. Ralph loves the theatre. He loves everything about it: the glamorous actors & actresses, the cheering crowds, the dazzling lights. It’s the only bright light in the rubble & squalor of post-war Britain. Ralph dreams of acting himself, but his bullying dad thinks the theatre is for wimps. Will Ralph find a way to defy his father & train for the stage? Or must he abandon the world he loves forever? Moving tale of family & theatre by the author of Goodnight Mister Tom Atmospheric look at British life just after the Second World War Michelle has won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize & the Costa Book Award gr-10-11