This morning, I woke up on the ceiling

So begins the strange story of Gwendolyn Golden. One perfectly ordinary day for no apparent reason, she wakes up floating around her room like one of her little brother s Batman balloons.

Puberty is weird enough. Everyone already thinks she s an oddball with anger issues because her father vanished in a mysterious storm one night when she was six. Then there are the mean, false rumours people are spreading about her at school. On top of all that, now she s a flying freak.

How can she tell her best friend or her...

The first in a series of scary tall tales from award-winning children s novelist Philippa Dowding.

Why is Grandpa acting so weird? And why are there so many giant flies?

Jake spends every summer on his grandpa s farm. But this year, things are a little weird. First, there are huge flies everywhere. Second, Grandpa is acting kind of funny. And third, Jake s friend Kate keeps trying to scare him with creepy stories. Last year s tale about the swamp creature was bad enough, but this year s story about a hand that someone found in a farmer s field is even worse....

2017 Silver Birch Express Award -- Shortlisted - 2017 Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award -- Shortlisted - 2017 Diamond Willow Award -- Shortlisted

The second instalment in a series of scary tall tales from acclaimed children's novelist Philippa Dowding.

I will never leave this car, the back seat reeks of everything my little brother has ever eaten, and that thing is still out there ...

Myles and his family have been driving for four days. It's their final night on the road, but Myles knows they will never arrive at their new house. It...

Carter discovers a creepy maze at the fair and travels farther and farther back in time. How will he ever get back to the present?

The fair is dull, dull, dull, and nothing interesting will ever happen to Carter again until Carter discovers the curious maze.

Nothing has ever happened here in the history of the world, he thinks. But the maze has some strange secrets, and the spot Carter stands upon has seen some very exciting events over the centuries.

Once Carter enters the maze, odd people begin to appear. First he meets Mr. Green, the mysterious,...

The sequel to The Strange Gift of Gwendolyn Golden, shortlisted for the OLA Red Maple Award.

I wander around like any normal, paranoid, self-absorbed teenager. Do we all think we're being chased by deadly entities, I wonder? Probably, but how many of us actually are?

Gwendolyn Golden, Night Flyer, floats over the cornfields all summer. What draws her to the same spot, night after night? All she knows is that change is coming: she's starting high school plus there's a strange new boy in town.

He's Everton Miles and he's a Night Flyer,...