Jessamy Harrison is eight years old. Sensitive, whimsical, possessed of a powerf
ul imagination, she spends hours writing, reading or simply hiding in the dark w
armth of the airing cupboard. As the half-and-half child of an English father an
d a Nigerian mother, Jess just can't shake off the feeling of being alone wherev
er she goes, and other kids are wary of her terrified fits of screaming.
When
she is taken to her mother's family compound in Nigeria, she encounters Titiola
, a ragged little girl her own age. It seems that at last Jess has found someone
who will understand her. TillyTilly knows secrets both big and small.
