'The Most Important Bus Stop at the Very Centre of The Universe' is where 'M's Beautiful Stranger waits to get on. Have you wondered yet what it feels like to be sixteen, with the world changing rapidly around you? How would you cope with your own changes? Where would you be without the strongest of friendships? Join 'M' and her circle of friends as they battle through Exams, Love and Chocolate Cake at full gallop on the school bus, and if they haven't found The Meaning of Life by the time they get there, it isn't for want of trying...

Shelley hears voices from the Mine... They are ancient, troubled and forgotten... She can't help but listen as they use her to make sense of their own past, but can she use their wisdom and experience to make sense of her own present and future? Only Time will tell. Or does the Mine hold another, deeper, darker secret..? As Shelley tries to unravel the mystery of her own past, will she ever truly understand where she belongs? 'It's not mine. Nothing is ' Shelley's 17th winter will change her life forever... Award-winning author Caroline Pitcher expertly explores the changing bonds of...