The third action-packed quest in an exciting new six book character-led series for 7+ girls who love fantasy adventure & high-kicking heroines! On her tenth birthday tomboy Sophie learns she is the Guardian of a magic gateway between our world & the Shadow Woods. She must keep the human world safe from mischievous goblins sprites & elves. It's the turn of the Spider Gnomes gruesome man-sized spiders who make their webs in the trees of the Shadow Woods to do battle with the Guardian. When the whole town becomes infested with spiders Sophie & Sam realise something is seriously wrong & the daring duo enter the Shadow Woods to investigate. During a terrifying encounter with these eight-legged Shadow Creatures Sam gets bitten & starts acting very strangely! It doesn't take long for the pair to realise that the Spider Gnomes' fangs carry a poison that turns their victims into spiders themselves! Can Sam find the antidote before it's too late & can Sophie figure out the strange clue before the spiders invade the town find the gem & deliver it into the horrid hands of King Ug?