"A best friend is worth everything. I darted into the cemetery and hid behind a tombstone. I hunched myself up, balancing on the balls of my feet, and peered desperately into the night, listening for whoever was out there to make another sound. It was freezing - I had trouble keeping my jaw clamped shut so my teeth didn`t chatter." Ish`s dog is gone. Vanished in a country town. Mum`s on holiday, Dad`s in Sydney. Ish and his bossy sister Molly are staying with Gran. There are no clues. Only something mysterious in the town`s graveyard. Then a bully from the local school starts to blackmail Ish. Can things get any worse?