The Boy at the Window

About this book

It’s a cold autumn night when Hugo first sees the ghost. 

Anyone else would say it was a trick of the fog. That it fooled the mind into seeing little hands and pale faces at the window. Faces with desperate, pleading looks that seem to beg to come inside. 

The fog does not lift and Hugo continues to see the hungry-looking, lonely, pleading boy outside the window. A boy that no one else can see.  

Could it perhaps be his own reflection looking back at him? Since the news about Father came, he hasn’t been eating or sleeping properly and is friendless and lonely. But when the visions persist, Hugo wonders what would happen if he opened the door and let the ghostly boy come in...

The tension and sense of dread build slowly in this creepy and unsettling ghost story. With its roots firmly in the classic gothic genre, this is a tale that gets right under your skin and lingers long after the last page. 

Presented in an accessible format with larger print and short chapters, and interspersed with black and white illustrations, this compelling spine-chiller is ideal for reluctant readers or perhaps for class study at KS3.