Jason Banks is a bully. Everyone is scared of him, but no one dares to tell the
teachers. It's time that someone taught Jason a lesson, and he might just have met his match in the strange pumpkin that keeps appearing on his doorstep.

Will Jason ever learn the error of his ways? And can he crack the case of the dreaded Pumpkin of Doom?

Gillian Cross has been a successful author for many years. She has won the Carnegie medal, for 'Wolf'; the Smarties Prize and the Whitbread Children's Novel award, for 'The Great Elephant Chase' and her 'Demon Headmaster' books have been made into a successful television series. Gillian Cross is a great supporter of libraries and has served on several national committees and working parties in support ot these institutions. She lives in Warwickshire with her husband and family.