The Scream of the Whistle

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 run-down old village. She decides to hurry home, following an old train track and the eerie scream of a whistle in the dark.

When an ancient steam train appears, Ruby can’t resist stepping aboard.

But it’s May Day Eve, when the veil between worlds is thin, and she soon realizes she’s on 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