# The Scream of the Whistle

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- Authors: [Emily Randall-Jones](https://www.bookquiver.com/emily-randall-jones)
- Publisher: Chicken House
- ISBN: 978-19-1594-714-7
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2025-06-05
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

All aboard for a new middle-grade paranormal adventure from 2024 Branford Boase-longlisted author of The Witchstone Ghosts, Emily Randall-Jones. Ruby is miserable. Her parents have split up, and now she’s stuck in a creepy village. At night, she decides to escape and follow the ancient train track home. Her journey has barely begun when she hears the eerie scream of a whistle – and an old steam train appears out of the darkness . . . Is Ruby ready for the ghost ride of her life? Perfect for readers aged 9 and up Packed full of spooky ghosts, child-friendly horror, time-travelling steam trains and ancient English mythology For fans of Lucy Strange and Frances Hardinge The Witchstone Ghosts was the 2021 winner of the Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition and The Times Children’s Book of the Week