{"id":330922,"date":"2025-12-05T04:10:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T04:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/the-scream-of-the-whistle-by-emily-randall-jones-swimming-in-books\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T04:10:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T04:10:01","slug":"the-scream-of-the-whistle-by-emily-randall-jones-swimming-in-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=330922","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Scream of the Whistle\u2019 by Emily Randall-Jones \u2013 Swimming in Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>When 12-year-old Ruby\u2019s parents split up, she moves into her Grandma\u2019s house in a creepy abandoned railway village called Melbridge with her mum and brother. Ruby is sure if she can just get her parents back in the same room together she can get them to reconcile, so she hatches a plan to walk back home along the abandoned railway line and orchestrate a family reunion. When she encounters the mysterious Green Lady steam train, the conductor offers her a lift instead. But there\u2019s something strange about the train and soon Ruby realises that she\u2019s trapped on a one-way trip towards disaster.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Scream of the Whistle\u2019 is a thrilling and emotive MG horror story about a girl dealing with the supernatural fallout from a historical train crash while she processes her parents divorce. I love a Greek mythology retelling as much as the next person, but it\u2019s great to have a story based on our weird and creepy English folklore instead \u2013 set amongst ley lines, stone circles and tors in atmospheric Wiltshire. I\u2019m frequently asked for scary stories in the library and I think this one will go down particularly well \u2013 a time slip story with a sinister steam train, ghosts, and an accessible length at 230 pages. (And the cat of course \u2013 love Station Ned.) 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