' It's going to be a long hard cruel winter & there couldn't be a worse place to spend it.' As the nights draw in the Spook decides to travel to his winter house. His apprentice Tom hates the desolate place. There are feral witches in the cellar menacing creatures stirring on the nearby moors & a sinister stranger threatening Tom's master. What does the mysterious stranger want? Is the Spook's past catching up with him? & what dangers will Tom face if his master's secrets are revealed? The third chilling tale in the Wardstone Chronicles the series that inspired the forthcoming movie The Seventh Son starring Jeff Bridges Ben Barnes & Julianne Moore. ...

For years the local Spook has been keeping the County safe from ghosts & boggarts but more especially from witches. & here are five dark & terifying witch stories from the Spook's own collection. There are child-eating witches witch assassins Celtic witches dead witches & witches so beautiful they can break a man's heart. ...

A lot of dark stuff happened when I was young that I've never even told to my dearest friend Tom Ward. Dark & scary things I hoped I had left behind for ever.. . Over the years Alice has fought evil side by side with the Spook & his apprentice Thomas Ward. But now Alice is alone
- in the realm of the dark. & the creatures she has helped to banish there now have the chance to take their revenge. Alice must seek the final weapon needed to destroy the Fiend for good. If she fails the world will fall into despair & darkness. If she succeeds it means facing her own death at the hands of her dearest friend. But can she prevent the darkness from overtaking her over completely.. .? The penultimate instalment of the Wardstone Chronicles follows Alice Thomas Ward's loyal companion to the most terrifying place of all.
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'I am Grimalkin & I have already chosen those I will kill...' Grimalkin has made it her lifetime ambition to destroy the Fiend avenging the brutal murder of her son. Having grudgingly joined forces with the Spook & his apprentice Tom & assisted them in the binding of the Fiend she is now on the run. & her mission is deadly. She has to help them bind the Fiend's spirit for ever no matter who
- or what
- comes after it... This latest chilling instalment in the Wardstone Chronicles follows Grimalkin the terrifying witch assassin feared wherever she is known. This is the series that inspired the forthcoming movie The Seventh Son" starring Jeff Bridges Ben Barnes & Julianne Moore."

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My name is Slither & before my tale is finished you'll find out why... Slither is not human. Far from the Spook-protected County he preys upon humans sneaking into their homes to gorge upon their blood while they sleep. When a local farmer dies it's only natural that Slither should want to feast on his lovely daughters. But the farmer has offered him a trade: in return for taking the younger girls to safety Slither can have the eldest daughter Nessa to do with as he wishes... Slither's promise takes him & Nessa on a treacherous journey where enemies await at every turn. Enemies that include Grimalkin the terrifying witch assassin still searching for a way to destroy the Fiend for good. The latest instalment of the Wardstone Chronicles" the series that inspired the forthcoming movie " The Seventh Son" starring Jeff Bridges Ben Barnes & Julianne Moore." ...

This is a brand new set of cards containing simple spooky doodle activities to keep little children busy at Halloween & all year around. The cards are wipe clean & the pack

Includes:: a special pen with which to doodle on the cards making the pack entirely self-contained easily portable & a great gift. The cards are robust & durable ensuring repeated use.

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Overall Winner of the Red House Children's Book Award 2013. With a tantalizing storyline that dares the reader to explore a monstrous mansion this spooky new take on the classic Haunted House concept is completely engrossing. It is jam-packed with carefully designed pop-ups & on the final page there is a terrific twist that will only be revealed when the AMAZING heat-sensitive ink is warmed up! Perfect as a Halloween treat or for spooky thrills all year round! ...

Bong! Goes the bell in the rickety tower Twelve times...that means its Spooky Hour. Listen! Hush! Oooh whats that sound? The midnight spooks are coming round. The creepy countdown has begun so get ready to giggle at funny floaty ghosts clickety-clackety skeletons & terrific tromping trolls! A real rollicking romping rhyming story with hilarious illustrations
- perfect for every little monster!
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This title comes from one of Americas finest living writers Pete Dexter US National Book Award-winning author of Paris Trout". This is a riotous & dazzling comic story of resilience & love for fans of John Irving & Jonathan Franzen. Warren Spooner is born in rural Georgia on the first Sunday of December 1956 after a prolonged & unhappy labour in a makeshift delivery room. His troubled birth is swiftly followed by his fathers untimely death
- & young Spooner is left to get on with growing up without even a memory of his daddys face. Spooner makes it into minor league baseball but an injury to his throwing arm relegates him to the sidelines & dashes his hopes of making it to the big-time. But the young man is nothing if not resilient standing up to tragedy & adversity in his own dark (often extremely dark) ways. Through it all his step-father
- Calmer Ottoson
- stands by determinedly trying to save his step-son yet utterly powerless to do so. From Spooners troubled childhood to his troubled adolescence & violent & troubled adulthood Pete Dexter tells an entirely gripping story of one mans inexhaustible patience tested to the limits as he struggles to rescue a step-son he will never underst&."


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From the award-winning author of Goodnight Mister Tom" comes the classic "A Spoonful of Jam" packaged with a beautiful fresh new cover. The war is over but Elsie is still fighting her own battles. She's bullied because she's the only scholarship pupil at the grammar school & she has an awkward relationship with her father as he struggles to assume a normal life after fighting in the war. But when she begins working at the local theatre Elsie discovers she can escape..."A Spoonful of Jam" is the second of The Hollis Family books following " Cuckoo in the Nest"." ...