Why do they keep wanting to kill me? How can I make them stop? Young Krenn lives in the West Country. Her name means 'doesn't belong' and true enough, she was found abandoned as a baby. Now the time has come for the tribe who adopted her to send her away, eastwards where the great temples are, to find her own people. It will be a long, hard journey and she must travel alone. Will Krenn find her true family? And will they like each other? An engaging tale of a girl's search for the truth set against the meeting between an old and a new world. AGES: 8 plus AUTHOR: Jan Shirley is a medieval French historian and translator who was educated at the King's School in Canterbury ? the setting for her new novel published by RBP, Harry Bone-Thief. Jan Shirley now lives in Cumbria.