A school trip to a remote town in Romania turns into a terrifying ordeal for three schoolchildren as they explore an abandoned old house at the top of a hill. A sister and brother make a bad decision when they choose to take a short way home through the woods. Why do they ignore the rumours of a strange woman who lives there? And what secret lies behind the silent stares of the obedient boys in the Kilcairn School for Boys? A new teacher will soon find out … and so will you … in this scary reader!