Author: Michael Morpurgo

Published: 1993

Publisher: Heinemann (New Windmills)

Format: Hardback

Suitable: 35

Pages: 1Upper primary / Secondary

Gracie and her friend Daniel have been told to keep away from the Birdman and the abandoned Samson Island. They find out that the Birdman is neither mad nor dangerous, but he does tell them that Samson Island is cursed.

When the children accidently land on the island in the fog, they return to hear of a tragic death. Can they find out what the Birdman knows and put the situation right before things get even worse?