Christine Doran

Lilac in Sunshine Christine Doran

'The music stopped with a screech at almost the same moment as they saw the DJ fall spectacularly off the stage. It looked like his turntable had been yanked from beneath him by some swiftly moving object.' Primary school has ended and 12-year-old Lilac and her friends are all feeling a little unsure about the changes to come. Luckily, there's a whole summer to get through first, and a family holiday to Spain provides plenty of distraction, with new friends and new experiences, not to mention smuggling Guzzler the dog on the car ferry. When what happened in Spain doesn't exactly stay in Spain, though, Lilac has to face up to a few truths. Are there just two types of people? Who was really behind the chaos at the campsite disco? Above all, can enemies ever be friends? Read Lilac in Sunshine, the fourth book in the Lilac the Girl series, set in Ireland (and Spain!) for adventurous readers aged 9-12.