A book of twelve short stories about different issues. In the final story, 'The sandcastle', we meet Fiona and Glen. Fiona is building a sandcastle on the beach when she becomes aware that someone is near. The boy is blind and Fiona feels awkward with him. Glen is awkward too - he introduces himself as Barry, a ploy he uses when meeting new people. Nothing much happens in the story, but such is the intense level of emotional interaction between the two children that the plot is irrelevant. We learn a great deal about how it feels to be blind and about how sighted people often feel they must approach the blind. Sensitive, mature and quite beautifully written.