When a mysterious lodger called Dolf Hunter comes to live with 12-year-old Sam Kenyon and his family, it's the beginning of a seriously spooky adventure. For Sam has seen the man before - in a nightmare. He discusses the shifty new tenant's arrival with his best mates - Hannah, Dean and Amy. They decide to trail him - and learn that Dolf Hunter makes sinister straw-dolls that will allow them to visit each other's dreams. Each child has a separate dream kingdom; Sam's is a forest, Amy's a moonscape, while Dean's is in the mountains and Hannah's is centred on a most unusual city... At first, the children have fun visiting each other at night in their imaginary kingdoms. But soon they become increasingly aware of a building menace. For while they are trying to stalk the lodger, someone - or something - is stalking them in their dreams. Something that will use Sam and his friends to spread its smothering influence over all the waking world ...

 

There are 336 pages in this book. This book was published 2004 by Simon & Schuster .

Sherry Ashworth is the author of "Blinded by the Light," "Close-Up," and "Paralysed. "