This is the diary of me, Cherry Louise Waterton, and I am writing for posterity, in other words the future.
And do I have a lot to write! Mum` s just re-married, but now could she marry a man called Roland Butter-what kind of a name is that? He` s a total dweeb who sends me coded messages and calls me Cherry pie. Yuck!
If things get too bad at home I could always drown myself in the school-dinner special-curried compost heap. I` ve got my best friend, Skinny Melon, to cheer me up but I` m not sure if even she can save me from Roland and his messages, or work out what Mum` s big secret is…