Books with author Julian Middleton

Tom and Steph are planning a happy Christmas in the peaceful village of Eccleshall, until they discover a secret tunnel that leads to Grimmly Forest and the mysterious village called Ecclesmere. Ecclesmere is haunted by the terrible witch Nocturnia, who has a particular appetite for children. When Tom and Steph thwart her plans, they discover what it's like to be on a vengeful witch's Christmas list...

One month after the events of Little Cemetery, school reopens up at Grisley Manor. Lessons this time include Building Nightmares, Eyeball Extractions and Digging Up the Dead. There's a guillotine in the grounds, not to mention a cemetery full of dead teachers. When Tom Midde and Pete Nighte investigate, they swiftly discover something lurking in the cellar with a very large appetite... and they're first on the menu!

Plagued by nightmares about the forest town where he was born, David stows away and returns to Midnight Gate. He swiftly encounters the mysterious Mr Nick, owner of the Midnight Movie House. What secret does the haunted old cinema hold? A ship called the Blue Horizon is on its way and behind it the terrifying Whippersnapper...For Midnight Gate is not merely a town but a portal to another place and only David holds the key to its salvation...

When Daniel and Clarissa get lost in the forest while on holiday, they stumble across a mysterious and magical town called Wisdom where it is always Christmas and become embroiled in a battle between two wizards - the wise and benevolent Solitary Happ and the evil, malicious Sinister Dryly. The future of Wisdom itself hangs in the balance, and the children soon come to realise that their arrival is no accident...

LEAKY CEILING was a quiet peaceful little town - much like yours, perhaps...until a race of giant rats obsessed with scrap metal and snooker decided to make it their own! Soon Steve and Pete find themselves in a desperate race to save their home-town from certain destruction by baked bean blizzard, aided only by their friend Dexter and his fabulous flying lawnmower! The invasion of Leaky Ceiling has begun...

LITTLE CEMETERY - Cemetery High is staffed by zombies and run by a witch. RETURN TO LITTLE CEMETERY - School reopens up at Grisley Manor and there's a gateway to hell in the cellar. HALLOWEEN IN LITTLE CEMETERY - Fire-demons and marauding scarecrows at Halloween? Perfect! Join Tom Midde and Pete Nighte as they discover the strange, mysterious, spooky and sometimes downright terrifying world of Little Cemetery in this complete collection of all three books!

When Kyle Chapman returns home to Bangor in Wales, his instincts quickly tell him that something is amiss in the peaceful seaside town. Accompanied by his friend Rita he soon finds himself embroiled in a dangerous quest to prevent the very sunrise itself from being stolen by pirates who seek to bring darkness to the world. They travel from Bangor to the island of Anglesey and from there to a mysterious city in the clouds. But the children discover that the answer to their quest doesn't lie on Earth at all...

Summoned by a silent, insistent calling on Christmas Eve, Danny Westmarch enters the shadows of Hanchurch Woods where a very familiar Yuletide figure offers him a vital mission...to visit the mysterious village of Winterwood and unlock the gate that will allow Father Christmas to enter Staffordshire. It seems simple enough, but Danny soon discovers that the village is terrorised by the Griffin, a lion-like beast from the underworld which despises Christmas and has no intention of allowing him to succeed. Soon Danny realises that his mission gives the phrase 'surviving Christmas' a whole new meaning...

A CHILLING TALE FOR CHRISTMAS...When Michael Flaugherty writes a horror story based on a tale in his grandfather's book he swiftly comes face to face with a terrifying spectre on horseback known as the Red Rider. As darkness falls and heavy snow descends, Michael finds himself on a quest to save his sister's life as past and present, fact and fiction come into frightening collision.