Product Description When Gabriel runs away from his apprenticeship with the stonemason he has no idea what the future will hold. But God Himself, in the shape of playmaster Garvey, has plans for him. He wants Gabriel for his angel...This novel won the 1987 Whitbread Children's Novel Award. Review `thoughtful and powerful'The School Librarian About the Author Geraldine McCaughrean is a prize-winning author - winner of Carnegie Medal, Guardian Children's Fiction Award, Whitbread Award (twice) and the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award.