Harley takes his brother and sister trick-or-treating. But something lures him away from them - something takes them over, body and soul. And soon Hallowe'en isn't fun any more...Spooky tale Barrington Stoke specialise in books for reluctant, struggling and dyslexic readers.
Robert Swindells left school at fifteen to work on a local newspaper. At seventeen, he joined the RAF for three years, then trained and worked as a teacher. Now a full-time writer, he is the author of a number of bestselling titles for the Random House children's list. In 1994 he won the Carnegie Medal for STONE COLD (Hamish Hamilton), a teenage novel about a serial killer.
RUBY TANYA won the Salford Children's Book Award 2005.
