Ryan has just got his licence. He's in the car with his mates. Tara likes to go running. She's on her way back home. Neither of them is paying much attention... The harrowing accident that follows impacts many lives. A moving and compelling story of recovery, told by one of New Zealand's foremost children's writers.Finalist NZ Post Book Awards 2005. White Ravens 2005." . . . my right foot slipped on the accelerator. The engine revved, and the car shot forward. For half a second my eyes met Ash's. He was staring past me, through the windscreen. He began to yell something. Somehow I knew what it was. I wrenched my head round, foot stabbing for the brake. And there was the girl, right in front of us."