The Scream of the Whistle
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Scream of the Whistle
By (Author) Emily Randall-Jones
Chicken House Ltd
Chicken House Ltd
5th June 2025
5th June 2025
United Kingdom
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Religious and spiritual stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Mysteries and the unexplained
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Time travel
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Lives of children in the past
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Rural and farm life
Physical Properties
Paperback
256
Width 196mm, Height 128mm, Spine 28mm
180g
Description
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 shes 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 Childrens Fiction Competition and The Times Childrens 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, CHILDRENS BOOK OF THE WEEK
