The atmosphere of a small township in a remote part of northern Queensland is realistically portrayed. It is there that she meets with her only local friend, Matt. It is at the waterhole that Sunny thinks she sees her mother’s ghost. It is a lovely place for swimming in the oppressive heat of a northern summer but dangerous when the rains bring flood. Not far from the farm where Kevin and Sunny live is a beautiful waterhole fed by a fast-flowing creek. As the days go by and Dylan remains missing, Kevin is suspected of his murder.
Along with Gary, Dylan’s father, Kevin was the last person to see Dylan before he disappeared. Further difficulties arise because Dylan, who is the son of an obnoxious neighbour, has got lost in the bush. Kevin is a taciturn man who finds it hard to communicate, so misunderstandings complicate his relationship with his stepdaughter, a relationship which goes from bad to worse. It is the end of the boarding-school term and Sunny has to return to remote Kelly’s Crossing and to the stepfather she resents.
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