Twelve-year-old MapHead, a boy with strange powers from an alternative world, travels to England in search of his human mother

If you could go anywhere—do anything—where would you go? What would you do? This is the dilemma facing MapHead, a boy from a parallel dimension called the Subtle World. On his own without his father for the first time, he materializes in a parking garage in Rubytown. He is soon drawn to the Stamp family, for whom, he feels, he has a vital task to perform. But what? And how? Maphead quickly makes friends with Jack Stamp, but in doing so crosses a boundary that should not be crossed. Using his powers to flash maps across his head is one thing; using them to intrude in people's lives is something else. That can only cause problems—big problems.... Funny, intriguing, moving, this sequel to the award-winning MapHead reveals novelist Lesley Howarth at her dazzling best.