On the Bring-Something-Old-to-School day, Milo’s best friend Shane brings part of a carved ancient stone from his granny’s wild garden. When it is presented in class, Willie Jones’s lizard goes crazy and leaps from its glass container in terror. Milo realises this is no ordinary old stone.

Afraid that his granny, Big Ella, will be annoyed with him for taking the carved stone, Shane asks Milo to mind the stone until the coast is clear. However, Milo encounters a shadowy figure wearing a tall hat shuffling about in the garden. This is the ghost of Mr Lewis, someone from the past and who is caught in a kind of limbo. He too is searching for the piece of ancient stone, which is part of a druidstone. He needs to find both pieces of the stone to lift a curse put upon him many years ago. But where is the other half of the stone?

this exciting supernatural adventure has great humour, pace and cliffhangers that will keep young readers turning the pages and looking forward to more in the series

a fun, gentle adventure for children of eight upwards, with lively and well-drawn characters

very entertaining with great descriptions … found myself laughing out loud … would highly recommend

a wonderful story … a cracking read

the pacing, action and language also make it suitable for reluctant readers

we thoroughly enjoyed the novel … it was unpredictable and kept us enthralled … we look forward to reading the next book in the series

gripping stuff for age eight-plus and its lively style makes it a good bet with reluctant readers

brilliantly written with great humour, the twists, turns and characters will have your child wanting more!

Mary Arrigan is an award-winning writer of fiction for children and teenagers. She has been shortlisted for the Readers Association Award, the Bisto Award and the White Raven Award. Mary Arrigan is an award-winning writer of fiction for children and teenagers. She has been shortlisted for the Readers Association Award, the Bisto Award and the White Raven Award.