The under eleven girls’ league is well underway and Lucy Skidmore is her team’s best defender. Bright, sporty and happy-go-lucky, her parents’ divorce doesn’t seem to have affected her at all. The same is not true of her older brother, Harry. He is so badly behaved! Lucy overcompensates by trying to please both parents all the time. But with a dad living miles away, a mum stressed out and a sulky brother to contend with, Lucy is feeling the pressure.
Helena Pielichaty (pronounced Pierre-li-hatty), author of children's books, was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1955, but most of her childhood was spent in Yorkshire. Pielichaty lives in Nottinghamshire with her husband and two children.
Pielichaty began her career as a teacher and did not start writing until she was 32. Since then, Pielichaty has written many books published by the Oxford University Press.