Dan alone

Set in the north of England, mid-20th century, this is a story of a boy who

has relatives to care for him but no parents - his mother is alive, but she

has left him, and he does not know who his father is, or if he still has one.

Slowly, however, he puts the clues together, and at the end of the book he

obtains what he most needs. It is a story of prejudice and mistaken loyalty,

but above all, the power of hope and the possibility of second chances.