The Voices of Silence

Before she knows it, everything in thirteen-year-old Flora Popescu's life has changed. Her parents, her best friend Alys, and the restricted life she has always known in their Bucharest tower block are distanced from her - and Daniel, the mysterious new boy at school, seems to be the cause. Flora likes him, but why can't everybody else trust him too? She thinks of her father's words: "People like us can't afford the luxury of new friends." Then, just as she is making sense of her divided loyalties, Flora discovers that only she alone can save her father's life.

Bel Mooney is one of Britain's most successful journalists and during her long career has written for publications as diverse as Cosmopolitan, the Daily Mirror, the Sunday Times, the Times and the Daily Mail. She is also the author of over 25 books, including six novels and a highly successful series of children's books.

As well as writing, Bel has enjoyed a parallel career as a broadcast journalist, making many programmes for radio and television. Since 2005 she has gained a huge following as an advice columnist, first in the Times and currently in the Daily Mail.