Scream of the Whistle
Emily Randall-Jones
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Extract
When they pulled into Melbridge, Ru’s bravery almost crumbled to dust.
It was even worse than she’d remembered.
They’d only been once before, but she didn’t like it when she was six and she definitely didn’t like it now she was twelve. Just as then, thirteen identical houses stood locked together in a row, weather-beaten and broken. Ghosts of the long-dead railway village, made from stone as grey as storm clouds. Most of them seemed too rotten to be upright, let alone lived in.
‘Good job Gram normally comes to ours,’ she muttered to her brother as they got out of the car.
He ignored her.
‘You going in, folks?’ Mum staggered past, crumpled under the weight of their cat, Grizabella.
About the book
New middle-grade paranormal adventure from 2024 Branford Boase-longlisted author of The Witchstone Ghosts, Emily Randall-Jones.
Ruby is miserable. Her parents have split up, and now she’s stuck in a creepy village. At night, she decides to escape and follow the ancient train track home.
Her journey has barely begun when she hears the eerie scream of a whistle – and an old steam train appears out of the darkness . . .
Is Ruby ready for the ghost ride of her life?
- Packed full of spooky ghosts, child-friendly horror, time-travelling steam trains and ancient English mythology.
- The Witchstone Ghosts was the 2021 winner of the Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition and The Times Children’s Book of the Week.
PRAISE FOR THE WITCHSTONE GHOSTS:
‘It’s exciting and original, warm and funny and gothic’ KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE
‘A twisting, churning, tide-turning adventure!’ LUCY STRANGE
‘Pace and plot twists a-plenty … an ideal read for young, independent readers who may be bored of witches of the cackling, cauldron kind this Halloween and are ready for witches who can summon up storms instead.’ THE TIMES, CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE WEEK
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