During the war thousands of children were evacuated to the more remote and less targeted places around Britain. The bombing by the Third Reich devastated key areas of the country amongst which included Birmingham, Coventry, Plymouth, Manchester and especially London. It was common sense to evacuate the young people away from the action instead of having to make up beds on the platforms and the escalators of the underground railways. Two such evacuees were Tom and Sheila who were sent from London to live in the quieter surroundings of a village in Scotland. They found remoteness with a capital "R" because they ended up in Kidillin which could bring to mind a cosy little Scottish comunity. There are just three shops in Kidillin but plenty of hills and streams and heather and animals and the sea is only a few miles away where gulls can be seen rising high over the cliffs in the distance. Tom and Sheila arrive to be greeted by their cousins and hosts — Sandy and Jeanie MacLaren.**

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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

New Ed edition, July 1, 1997

Adventure!, London, 1997

PS, 1997

A terrifying encounter with a strange man in a deserted hut on the gloomy Scottish hills of Kidillin hurtles Sandy, Jeannie and their two London cousins into a whirlwind race against time in the search for the answer to the man's deadly secret.

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