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    The Slithers: They Live Deep Beneath the Ground
    The Slithers: They Live Deep Beneath the Ground
    The Slithers: They Live Deep Beneath the Ground
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    The Slithers: They Live Deep Beneath the Ground

    By Philip Caveney

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    After the death of his mother and the end of his father's high-powered career, Zach and his Dad have come to the north of Scotland to live rent-free in Grandfather Alistair's cliff-top cottage. Dad asks Zach to clean out the old garden pond, a rotting nightmare where not even a tadpole can survive. But when he drains the pond, he unearths something unexpected- a trapdoor leading down into darkness... He ventures down there and discovers something amazing - a glowing egg-shaped stone. Once brought back to the surface, Zach's run of bad luck seems to change entirely. Suddenly, he can't seem to stop winning and even Dad's career is unexpectedly back on track. But good luck can't last forever... The stone belongs to a race of ancient creatures that dwell deep beneath the ground - and they want it back. Pretty soon, unspeakable things begin to claw their way to the surface in search of the stone - and for Zach and his new friend, Pepper, there's one all-important question.
    Can they stay alive until morning?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFledgling Press
    Release dateOct 30, 2017
    ISBN9781912280063
    The Slithers: They Live Deep Beneath the Ground
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    Philip Caveney

    Philip Caveney’s first novel was published in 1977. Since then, he has published many novels for adults and a series of children’s books that have sold all over the world. Philip was born in North Wales in 1951. After leaving college, he worked extensively in theatre, both in London and Wales, and wrote the lyrics for rock adaptations of The Workhouse Donkey and Oscar Wilde’s Salome.

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