Nightmare at Trowser's Down

Black Cats are aimed at children recently emerging from reading schemes who require continuing support. Short chapters and page-turning plots hold interest. Funny and inventive - great for boys. There is little new material for emerging readers between 8 and 11. A humorous take on the horror story genre.

When Dr Trotter is offered a top job at Professor Perfidious's scientific research centre, he jumps at the chance. But when his colleague mysteriously goes missing and the Professor demands he create an army of mutant clones, events start to spiral out of control...As soon as Tiffany sets eyes on Crumbling Cow cottage, she realises that moving there is the worst decision her parents have ever made. And she knows that sooner or later it will bring the whole family a lot of trouble. But what she doesn't know is just how terrible that trouble will be...and just how soon it will all begin!