Henni lives in Melbourne, Leo lives in Berlin. Different countries, different lives, so far apart; but sometimes the person furthest away is just the one you need

When Henni Octon (of Stella Street and Cauldron Bay fame) gets an email from a boy called Leo Schmidt in Berlin, she takes the first step in a most unusual adventure that stretches across the planet and across time.

Henni, in Australia, has a mystery to solve about the family of German migrants who built the house she loves in cauldron Bay. Uncovering dark deeds from long ago leads Henni into growing danger here and now.

Leo, in Germany, has troubles of his own when a friend needs rescuing from the threat of deportation.

Well-loved Australian author, Elizabeth Honey, has collaborated with her German translator, Heike Brandt (also a writer for children), on this exciting and thought-provoking junior novel.