Killing Ground
By (Author) Tom Palmer
Illustrated by David Shephard
Book 1
HarperCollins Publishers
Barrington Stoke Ltd
28th June 2017
6th June 2017
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.92
Long-listed for Grampian Children's Book Award 2018
Paperback
144
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 12mm
360g
Everyone is freaked out when circles of scorched earth start appearing in Halifax - on the moors, the parks and even the football pitches. Seth is most disturbed of all - he sees the shadows of the past. But when he looks into a Viking's murderous eyes and smells the stink of burning flesh, Seth knows he must stop this cycle of supernatural suffering. With his friend Nadiya, can he discover the dark history behind the forces attacking their town
"Plenty of adventure, jeopardy, blood and thunder and mixing it all in with a good dollop of the countrys favourite spectator sport" -- The Letterpress Project
"This book has a really exciting storyline and is quite gruesome in parts ... The book would hold a particularly high appeal to readers who like action stories or football" -- Books for Topics
"A thrilling story" -- LoveReading4Kids
"I love this book and cant wait for the next one in the series" -- Book Brothers, Blog
Tom Palmer travels all over the UK for events, performing his immensely popular rugby and football reading games to hundreds of children every week. He is the current Writer-in-Residence for the RAF Museums. Tom is also working with the National Literacy Trust on a very high profile football and reading project during the Euro 2016 football tournament.