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All aboard for a spine-tingling spooky adventure from
the award-winning author of The Witchstone Ghosts!

‘A spooky thrilling adventure laced with the perfect amount
of fear’ JASBINDER BILAN

‘Randall-Jones is a master at work and this is a story that
deserves to stand the test of time’ ALEX ATKINSON

‘Haunting and charming and warm’ YARROW TOWNSEND

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?

A frightfully fun Halloween read for children aged 9
and up

Packed full of spooky ghosts, child-friendly horror,
time-travelling steam trains and ancient English mythology

For fans of Lucy Strange and Frances Hardinge

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