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On Christmas morning, Masen, his younger brother Jos and their cousin Connor wake to find the rest of their family is missing from their holiday cottage on the Gower, Wales. All that is left behind is a small, peculiar Christmas tree with a mushroom-like fungus growing on it but even that has shrivelled and turned black.
Masen, Jos and Connor set out to find out what has happened to their family and other local people, and seek shelter and safety from the winter storm that has blown over South Wales. On their travels, they meet different groups of young people and soon Masen has a difficult choice to make: head for the safety of the Friary with Jos or leave to seek help with Connor. His decision will impact them all.
A fantastically paced, thrilling story that combines the genres of horror, adventure and sci-fi that will keep you questioning who can be trusted throughout. If you are looking for a dark Christmas story with plenty of twists and turns, this fits the bill perfectly.
Emma Read’s ‘Milton’ series really is just fab! My kids loved the first in the series, ‘Milton The Mighty’, and are really excited to read the second one! The first book introduced us to Milton, a very small spider with very big plans to protect his species. In this second book, Milton and his friends fly to Hawaii! There Milton encounters an endangered spider species and an unscrupulous ‘golf-course-building billionaire’ who is intent on building his golf course- whatever the environmental cost…
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