Shiver

By Alex Nye

A scream in the night, a hidden staircase to nowhere and a ghostly face: Dunadd House still has secrets.For over 400 years something has been hidden in old Dunadd House, and as another dangerous winter descends Samuel and the Morton children discover it's not just the cold sending a shiver down their spine: not all their ghosts have been put to rest.Can they unravel the family secret before they're forced to leave their home forever?The bone-chilling sequel to Scottish Children's Book Award winner Chill.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kelpies
• Release date: Jul 15, 2014
• ISBN: 9781782501527

Alex Nye

Alex Nye is an award-winning author. She grew up in Norfolk by the sea, but has lived in Scotland since 1995 where she finds much of her inspiration in Scottish history. At the age of 16 she won the W H Smith Young Writers’ Award out of 33,000 entrants, and has been writing ever since. Her first children’s novel, CHILL, won the Scottish Children’s Book of the Year Award. She likes to spend her time walking her dog, swimming, scribbling in notebooks, and tapping away on her laptop. She also teaches and delivers workshops on creative writing/ghost stories/Scottish history. She graduated from King’s College, London more years ago than she cares to admit.

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