Author:Robert Swindells
The skeleton lay on its back. The jaws gaped and one arm lay across the chest as through flung there to ward off a blow . . .
The Tangle is a long, narrow stretch of derelict land, a wilderness of weeds and rubbish with an old railway tunnel yawning blackly at one end. No-one - not even bullying Gary Deacon - dares venture far into its sooty darkness. But it is here that twelve-year-old Tan and his friends make a grisly discovery - a discovery that is to plunge them into a terrifying adventure as the tunnel slowly unfolds its sinister secret . . .
A master of the unpredictable
—— Daily TelegraphOne of the most able poets for children around is Kit Wright.
—— IndependentEnchanting... will cause rapturous giggles as well as encouraging a sense of word play and imagery that no home should be without.
—— Daily TelegraphHe's funny, clever, nimble and moving. Above all, his poetic generosity refuses to consider serious subjects as out of bounds just because he's writing for a young audience.
—— Evening Standard