The Amber Cat

Robin Brogan, his best friend Dan, and Sun Dance from next door are secretly pleased when they all come down with chicken-pox and Mrs Brogan offers to host the chicken-pox club at Porridge Hall.

But chicken-pox isn't quite as much fun as the boys had hoped. Fortunately, Mrs Brogan fills the long afternoons with wonderful stories about her own childhood. She tells them about Harriet, the strange girl she befriended on the beach, and about the day when Nick, foolish and brave, was swept out to sea . . .