A powerful story of love and loss, secrets and revelations - and making sense of a past that once seemed perfect. A powerful story of love and loss, secrets and revelations - and making sense of a past that once seemed perfect. For Tom Brennan, life is about rugby, mates and family - until a night of celebration changes his life forever. Tom’s world explodes as his brother Daniel is sent to jail and the Brennans are forced to leave the small town Tom’s lived in his whole life. Tom is a survivor, but he needs a ticket out of the past just as much as Daniel. He will find it in many forms … Prizes: Winner of Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards: Book of the Year - Older Readers 2006 and Australian Family Therapists’ Award for Children’s Literature: Older Readers 2005.