Hannah and Joey have been best friends for ever. Joeys parents love rescuing things and making them beautiful - their house is full of things made from driftwood old glass and shells from the beach. Which is why the scraggy kittens the girls find in a bin at school end up living there. And when Paul moves in as Joeys foster brother everyone thinks that maybe he needs rescuing too. But nobody knows quite how badly. At first its great - Hannahs brother befriends Paul and the four of them hang out together. But then things start to go wrong. Paul is being bullied. Subtly at first - but quickly it gets dangerous. People arent like driftwood or abandoned kittens and Hannah doesnt know how to rescue him. Paul doesnt want to be rescued - but with help he can find a way to save himself.