An intriguing book perfect for 8-12 year olds. Joseph lives in a world where there has been a terrible incident and imaginary friends are considered a potential lethal threat rather than a harmless childhood phase. He lives with his dad, his mum disappeared two years earlier after sending a postcard from Spain saying she would be back in the summer.
Joseph's neighbours are the sprawling Cliff family, best friend Rocky, older sister Pooh, the odd and vaguely wicked twins Egg and Willis and Flea. Flea has an imaginary friend Klaris but she has begun speaking to Joseph and Flea's parents call the authorities convinced that Klaris is potentially dangerous. Flea's dad has drawn up a list of the things he believes Klaris has done, including getting the family labradors drunk, killing the pet rabbit, writing on door and turning lights on. The way that imaginary friends are dispatched is by isolating and destroying the imagination centres of the brain, and Joseph is quick to realise that this will mean he will lose all his memories of his mother. It is now a race against time to prove that Klaris is not guilty of Flea's father's list of misdemeanors.
This was a good sweet story and I loved the ending.
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