Cliff McNish – författare

When her gran dies, Jess inherits Twigs - a talking cockatoo! Huge and hilarious, Twigs is Jess's best friend and, now she's starting at a new school, Jess needs a friend more than ever. But - Squawwwwk! - Twigs is noisy, and he's pushing Jess's dad to breaking point. Jess promised her gran she'd take care of Twigs, but can she make the new friends she needs to save the bird she loves? A heartwarming new story about the power of friendship from the author of GOING HOME, Cliff McNish.

A burning nightmare of psychological horror with the pulse of a thriller.Consumed with guilt following her elder brother’s fatal accident, Holly escapes to the isolated seaside home of Gant House with her family.But the house has a menacing history, and the restless spirit inside has been waiting a long time for a family as perfect as Holly’s to turn up. Who is the child, Lily? And what is the terrifying dark power swirling at the heart of the house, whose touch means death?Can Holly uncover the truth behind the monster in Lily’s past? Or will she and her family simply become Gant House’s next sacrificial victims?From the multiple award-winning ghost story writer of Breathe and The Hunting Ground, comes his first novel in ten years – a burning nightmare of psychological horror with the pulse of a thriller.