Angela J. Phillip Libri

Daniela has a shameful secret. She can't write and tries to hide it. She's clever and has taught herself to be tough, but things at school go from bad to worse and then she overhears another shameful secret. It's about her mother. Dani's problems multiply as she struggles to find out what her mother is doing and stop her stepfather from leaving. Gradually, Dani learns that she can't manage everything alone.

Daniela doesn’t want a new father, but her mother is besotted with a man from overseas. Dani needs someone to talk to and turns for help to a boy from a Jamaican family who becomes her secret boyfriend. Mother and daughter begin to work things out but Dani has to reach out beyond her family to find the help she needs. ‘... So easy to become engrossed in the lives of Dani & Esme. Looking forward to the next in the series. A page turner.’ - an Amazon customer.