What does a teenage boy do when he has no friends? When everyone who knows him sneers. When he is laughed at to his face? The answer is simple. That boy chooses his own path. That boy makes his own way in life. That boy grows stronger. He finds his secret place and there - alone, in the dark - he grows even stronger. Ben Gardner is such a boy. Ben Gardner could be you..... Author Gary Crew is one of Australia's most awarded authors for youth. He has won the Children's Book Council of the Year Award 4 times during his career, and is Australia's nomination for the prestigious, international, Hans Christian Andersen Award 2024.