Author(s): KIDD, DIANA

9-11yrs

"If I was covered all over with measles spots they wouldn't have noticed. I thought of dyeing my hair green and making it stick out in spikes like a Dracoid from planet Zepha, but they'd be too busy to even look." When Lucy's Grandma comes from Italy to stay, there are a lot of problems, especially when Grandma arrives wearing " witchy black" clothes. Worst still, Lucy isn't allowed to go on the class farm holiday. She has to "grandma-sit" instead. But "grandma-sitting" leads Lucy into a lot of adventures, the unravelling of the mystery of the secret box and pride in her Italian heritage. Ages 9+