<p><b>WINNER OF THE COMMONWEALTH BOOK PRIZE 2013</b><br><br><i>Today is Christmas Eve. Today is my birthday. Today I am fifteen. Today I buried my parents in the backyard. Neither of them were beloved. </i><br><br>Marnie and her little sister Nelly have always been different. Marnie leads a life of smoking, drinking and drugs; Nelly enjoys playing the violin, eating cornflakes with Coke and reading <i>Harry Potter</i>. But on Christmas Eve, the sisters have to join forces and put their differences aside. And when Lennie, the old guy next door, starts to get suspicious, it¿s only a matter of time before their terrible secret is discovered.</p>