Shortlisted for the Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers, 2001. This story is about two families - one white, one Aboriginal - who live next door to each other. Lili, who’s from the white family and Ella, who’s from the Aboriginal family. Together they form a relationship as best friends. However, when Lili’s dad sees Ella and realises that she is Aboriginal, he tells her not to get involved with their next-door neighbours.