Inspired by real events.
Northern England, 1799 (changed to 1833).
Not everyone who enters Black Mill comes out alive …
Some Secrets are Buried in Brick and Bone.
Three Kids.
One Mill.
No Way Out.
When Tom Blackwell is forced to work at the looming, smoke-choked Black Mill, he thinks the worst he’ll face is backbreaking labor. But the mill hides darker secrets: ruthless overlookers, ghostly whispers from the attic—and the chilling disappearance of his sister.
As danger closes in, Tom joins forces with fearless Theo from Liverpool and Sarah, the brightest girl in the mill, to uncover the terrifying truth (dark truth about) Black Mill. But the deeper they dig, the more the shadows tighten their grip. If they fail, they won’t just lose their freedom—they might vanish forever.
Escaping Black Mill is a heart-pounding historical mystery packed with ghosts, grit, and a desperate fight for survival.
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Geeks, Bullies, and the Worst Teacher Ever: Book 1
Kevin Smart is Lampoon School’s resident geek genius — and the bullies’ favourite target.
But when terrifying P.E. teacher Wicked Wallace signs everyone up for a brutal dodgeball tournament, geeks and bullies face the unthinkable: working together.
After a humiliating lost-and-found disaster, Kevin is offered a no-wedgie truce — if he can help stop Wallace.
Now it’s brains versus brawn in a chaotic plan packed with detention disasters, ridiculous revenge, and one seriously explosive escape.
Because sometimes the only way to survive school…
…is to get out of Dodge.
Escaping Black Mill
This middle-grade historical thriller is inspired by real events, blending mystery, danger, and the courage to fight for freedom.
Forced to work inside its walls, Tom Blackwell learns the truth: the master and the overlookers are cruel and something unseen prowls the attic at night.
Then Tom’s sister disappears. They say she ran away. But if she did… why does the mill feel alive?
To save her, Tom and his friends must expose the secrets buried deep within Black Mill—before it claims them too.
Northern England, 1833.
Three children. One mill. No escape.
Shark Fin
Manny Mercado never meant to stumble into a war on the ocean.
When he witnesses armed poachers slaughtering sharks for their fins, Manny and his friends become the hunted — targeted by a ruthless cartel determined to erase anyone who knows the truth.
A brutal cartel controls the reef.
A merciless leader is stalking Manny.
And something ancient is rising from the deep.
Outnumbered and outgunned, Manny’s only chance of survival may lie with the predator they’ve been trying to destroy.
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