Underworld
by Catherine MacPhail
A school trip goes disastrously wrong when a visit to local caves turns into something far more sinister. Five school children find themselves trapped beneath the ground. Their best chance of escape is to stay together. Then a member of the group disappears and their hopes of leaving start to fade. Does one of the remaining four know more than they are letting on, or is there something evil lurking in the caves?
The five children find themselves in a struggle for dominance as well as survival.
Publisher: Bloomsbury
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Catherine MacPhail
Catherine was born and brought up in Greenock in Scotland where she still lives. She started off writing short stories for magazines and radio, as well as two romantic novels. She loves comedy and has had two series on BBC Radio 2. She never even considered writing for children until her daughter was bullied, which sparked off her first novel for teenagers, Run Zan Run. It was published in 1994 and won the Kathleen Fidler Award for a first novel. Her second, Fighting Back was one of the first winners of the Scottish Children’s Book Award. Roxy’s Baby was Cathy’s twentieth book and won the Royal Mail award for a Scottish Children’s Book in 2006. Cathy loves a good thriller, is a huge fan of Doctor Who, and always aims to give her readers ‘a rattling good read.’
Catherine MacPhail Photo: Bloomsbury
