'Sarah shakes free her sheeny-shiny chestnut hair. Where does she think she is? Doesn't she realise that this is just our front room? Ah, maybe that hair-tossing business is for my benefit. You know, just to remind me that my dull brown fuzz can never compete with hers. Oh yeah, Sarah likes to let me know my place.' Sisters – one of the closest relationships in the world? Megan and Sarah wouldn't agree. Megan is constantly in her big sisters shadow. Prettier, smarter, funnier, Sarah has it all: the adoration of their parents, a great group of friends, talent – and Conor. Megan watches her lucky, gifted sibling breeze through her life without a care, while struggling to retain her sense of identity – until the day when fate steps in and offers her a chance to shine. Life in the light – how could anything possibly go wrong with that…?

• Part of Collins’ cutting-edge modern teenage fiction list, CollinsFlamingo. • Gripping story of sibling rivalry – intense, sometimes funny, and all too real in parts. • Karen McCombie has a real gift for getting inside a teenager’s mind and exploring important issues without rubbing the reader’s nose in “issues”. • She is also the bestselling author of the younger series Ally’s World, published by Scholastic. Competition: Other author-led teenage fiction