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About the Author
Elizabeth Laird was born in New Zealand and moved to England with her family when she was three. She went to school in Croydon, studied languages at Bristol and then Edinburgh University, and taught English in Malaysia, Ethiopia, and India. She has written many books for children, including Jake’s Tower, the Wild Things series, Kiss the Dust (winner of the Children’s Book Award), and Secret Friends (nominated for the Carnegie Medal). Red Sky in the Morning was highly commended for the Carnegie Medal and shortlisted for the 1989 Children’s Book Award. She lives with her husband in Surrey.
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“Where is it? Is it a boy? Can’t I see him yet?” I whispered to Dad. He just stood there, not saying anything. Then he turned, with the tray in his hands, and looked over to Dr. Randall, and Dr. Randall came toward me and said in that stupid voice they never use to each other,
“Yes, Anna, you’ve got a dear little brother, but he’s not very well, and we’ve had to take him to the hospital.”
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