'What did you hear, you little twerp?' Tyke asked, holding Francis's wrists and looking at him with narrowed eyes.

'I heard about the phone booth, and Tyke, let me join your gang! If you want to smash phone booths, I could help you. I can run fast. I'm fastest under eleven in the school. I could watch out and warn you, and you could smash anything you wanted.'

We discovered Patricia St. John's writing in our family several years ago when we read Treasures in the Snow together and have enjoyed her books ever since. She has a style of writing that captivates and instructs in character at the same time.

Patricia St. John resides in England, where she is a missionary to the elderly.