Jodie first made an appearance in the first chapter of Empty Bananas. the first of the Malinding Village series. Now she has her own book. She's been happy, she's been troubled. Orphaned, fostered by predators, disabled in a car crash, outsider at school. Follow her adventures as she struggles through adolescence, prejudice, and handicap. She suffers rejection and heartbreak. Then Sue and Bill Wills and their sliding door enter her life, and Jodie will never be the same again.