num_pages: 288
description: Darina is in denial. Even after all shes been through the Beautiful Dead cant be real. They must be a figment of her grief-stricken imagination. But visions of Phoenix and Hunter prove otherwise and soon shes drawn back to Foxton to the barn to Phoenix - where they have what may just be their final reunion. Its the moment theyve been dreading - time to solve Phoenixs mystery. Everything has been building to this but Darina knows that revealing the true circumstances of Phoenixs death will lead to their final parting. With this impossible mixture of emotions Darina begins to unscramble the facts but shes up against mounting obstacles: the distraction of Hunters personal mystery Phoenixs returning father threats of gang violence and conspiracies to blur and block the truth. With time pressure mounting and the risk of Phoenix being sent back into unending limbo Darina puts herself in danger and so the mystery of the Beautiful Dead builds into a heart-breaking climax ...
language: English
title: Phoenix
publisher: Hodder Children's Books