<p><b>The Thames carried him away from her, but would it bring him home...?</b><br><br>Twelve-year-old Eliza Bragg has known little in life but the cold, comfortless banks of the Thames. Living above her uncle''s chandlery she has grown accustomed to a life of penury and servitude, her only comfort the love and protection of her older brother, Bart. <br><br>But one day Bart accidentally kills a man and is forced to flee to New Zealand. Alone, barefoot, beaten down and at the mercy of her cruel uncle, Eliza realises that her very survival is at stake...</p>