The Boy at the Window
By (Author) Lucy Strange
Illustrated by Rohan Eason
HarperCollins Publishers
Barrington Stoke Ltd
2nd July 2025
13th February 2025
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Science fiction
Paperback
80
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 8mm
130g
A spine-tingling ghost story from bestselling author Lucy Strange
Folk say the fog plays tricks that it shapes itself into little hands and frightened faces that press at peoples doors and windows, desperate to come inside. But Hugo is convinced the ghost he has seen at the window is no trick of the fog. The boys hollow eyes are haunting him. What would happen if Hugo were to open the door and let him in Brace yourselves for a chilling, wintery ghost story
Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.
A ghost-story masterclass Jennifer Killick
Deliciously spooky Dan Smith
A classic ghost story from a master of the craft Phil Hickes
A truly haunting and beautifully written Gothic ghost story Tamsin Winter
"Probably best read outside on a hot sunny day in easy reach of a defibrillator Absolutely superb" Hilary McKay
Lucy Strange is the best-selling children's author of titles including The Secret of Nightingale Wood, a Waterstones Children's Book of the Month, and Our Castle by the Sea, which was nominated for the Carnegie Medal, shortlisted for the Waterstones Book Prize 2020, and was the first Independent Booksellers' Children's Book of the Month.