All aboard for a spine-tingling spooky adventure from the award-winning author of The Witchstone Ghosts!

'A spooky thrilling adventure laced with the perfect amount of fear' JASBINDER BILAN

'Randall-Jones is a master at work and this is a story that deserves to stand the test of time' ALEX ATKINSON

'Haunting and charming and warm' YARROW TOWNSEND

Ruby is miserable. Her parents have split up, and now she’s 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?

• A frightfully fun read for children aged 9 and up
• Packed full of spooky ghosts, child-friendly horror, time-travelling steam trains and ancient English mythology
• For fans of Lucy Strange and Frances Hardinge
• The Witchstone Ghosts was the 2021 winner of the Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition and The Times Children’s 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