Gloam

A Times Children's Book of the Week

Jack Mackay, Ben Joel Price

• Publisher: Rock the Boat
• eBook ISBN:
  9780861549535
• Year: 2025

In a creaky old house on a small, damp island, someone – or something – is waiting…

A Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week

"Thrillingly scary and impossible to put down. Don't read it alone!" Jonathan Stroud, author of Lockwood & Co

A grieving family. A decaying house. A babysitter with a monstrous secret. Nothing on Gloam Island is quite what it seems...

Gwen doesn’t need anyone to help her look after her younger siblings. And she isn’t fooled by the beautiful babysitter with the hungry eyes and sharp teeth. But everyone else is. So if Gwen wants Esme Laverne gone, she’ll have to handle it herself.

As Esme’s power grows, Gwen must embrace her deepest fears before she can defeat the monster in her home for good.

Because as everyone knows, it’s impossible to be brave unless you’re already afraid.

Table of contents

• 1 • The House on Gloam Island
• 2 • Yellow Eyes That Glow in the Dark
• 3 • Esme Laverne
• 4 • The Spider King
• 5 • The Look
• 6 • Whispers on the Wind
• 7 • The Howling
• 8 • A Little Accident
• 9 • The Vulture and the Stork
• 10 • The Husk
• 11 • A Mysterious Scratching Noise
• 12 • The Stitchy Man
• 13 • It Lives in the Wardrobe
• 14 • In Trouble
• 15 • Roger Makes a Mistake
• 16 • The Rickety Den
• 17 • The Well
• 18 • Confrontation
• 19 • The Real Esme
• 20 • One with The House
• 21 • After It All
• Acknowledgements
• About the Author
• Copyright Page