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I''m falling - falling down steep, narrow stairs - if I hit the bottom asleep, I know I''ll never wake. Every night Kirsty wakes up screaming. Every night she has the same terrible nightmare - of falling downstairs. But does she fall? Or is she pushed? Then Kirsty discovers that her grandma died falling downstairs and she begins to wonder: is the dream hinting at a dark secret in her family? She has to know the truth. But tracking a murderer is a dangerous game, and as she delves into the past, Kirsty uncovers a secret more terrible than anything she can imagine.

A terrifying read from one of today''s master storytellers.

WINNER OF THE SHEFFIELD CHILDREN''S BOOK AWARD FOR BEST SHORTER NOVEL

''Cleverly put together - funny as well as gripping'' The Sunday Times



Trade Review
Carefully and cleverly put together. Psychologically perceptive and not nasty . . . Funny as well as gripping . . . Swindell's tight hold on suspense makes this a particularly good choice for reluctant readers * The Sunday Times *
Robert Swindells writes the kind of books that are so scary, you're afraid to turn the page * Daily Telegraph *

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      Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
      Publication Date: 1/4/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780552555906, 978-0552555906
      ISBN10: 0552555908

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      I''m falling - falling down steep, narrow stairs - if I hit the bottom asleep, I know I''ll never wake. Every night Kirsty wakes up screaming. Every night she has the same terrible nightmare - of falling downstairs. But does she fall? Or is she pushed? Then Kirsty discovers that her grandma died falling downstairs and she begins to wonder: is the dream hinting at a dark secret in her family? She has to know the truth. But tracking a murderer is a dangerous game, and as she delves into the past, Kirsty uncovers a secret more terrible than anything she can imagine.

      A terrifying read from one of today''s master storytellers.

      WINNER OF THE SHEFFIELD CHILDREN''S BOOK AWARD FOR BEST SHORTER NOVEL

      ''Cleverly put together - funny as well as gripping'' The Sunday Times



      Trade Review
      Carefully and cleverly put together. Psychologically perceptive and not nasty . . . Funny as well as gripping . . . Swindell's tight hold on suspense makes this a particularly good choice for reluctant readers * The Sunday Times *
      Robert Swindells writes the kind of books that are so scary, you're afraid to turn the page * Daily Telegraph *

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