Ben loves chatting to his wise gran, playing computer games with his best friend Jess, and helping his dad to train his clever dog Scoot. Best of all though, he likes playing ball in the garden with Scoot. Then one hot, summer day Ben meets Lox, the gate-keeper of the spider kingdom under the garden hedge. Lox desperately needs Bens help before the end of the autumn, but can Ben save the spider kingdom without leaving the garden and going into the deep, dark wood? The leaves are starting to fall, and Ben and Jess must make a brave decision if the spiders are to have a safe winter. Talking to Gran, Ben begins to suspect that she might know more about his quest than shes admitting.

 

 

This book has been graded for interest at 5-9 years.

There are 200 pages in this book. This book was published in 2019 by Troubador Publishing .

Angela Fish was a Principal Lecturer until 2009 and has worked with schools and communities to improve communication between the generations. Her publications include non-fiction, fiction, short stories and poetry. She is the author of three other books for children and is an Associate Member of the Society of Authors.