A thoughtful and playful story of empathy and kindness now in a standard paperback format for middle-grade readers. Anna Liza likes to help cheer up her mother’s psychiatric patients with her 17 top knock-knock jokes and cheerful songs, but when she meets Edward, she hits a brick wall.

Edward’s dad is so sad since his mum left; he says his life isn’t going anywhere any more.

Anna Liza has a plan to get him on the move again, if only she can manage to evade her mother’s attention long enough … A thoughtful and playful story of empathy and kindness from global bestseller Eoin Colfer, particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 7+.