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Name: Ghost Train to Nowhere (Usborne Spinechillers, No 3)
Author: Phil Roxbee Cox

📘 Ghost Train to Nowhere (Usborne Spinechillers, No 3) by Phil Roxbee Cox

In "Ghost Train to Nowhere," twins Alf and Chrissy embark on a spooky investigation, using clues from text and illustrations to uncover the secrets surrounding a train that vanished over eighty years ago, yet still haunts the station where their Uncle Jack now lives.

First publish date: 1994

Genre: Horror/Supernatural Horror

Authors: Phil Roxbee Cox

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