Tom Turnpike and the Shadow-Stalker (The Talltrees Trilogy) (Volume 2)

“Three sacrifices of human flesh must the creature make. Three sacrifices and its transformation will be complete.” Talltrees is plunged into a cruel, dark winter. Storms batter the school, rationing is taking a heavy toll and there is a killer at large. When the Gestapo arrives and begins to turn over the school in search of who-knows-what, an atmosphere of suspicion and deceit descends. A series of curious clues and coded messages leads Tom and his friends to the heart of the British Resistance and the perpetrator of a string of bizarre murders. What kind of creature would commit these killings? What can be done to stop it? And what has attracted the attention of a band of threadbare travellers who have set up camp nearby?