Want to know a secret? There is something very, very strange living in the trees behind my house. If you tiptoe slowwwwly *and quietly (ssh!) to the bottom of my garden, you might hear it rustling and rootling and '*peh !'ing in the dark undergrowth, on the other side of the low stone wall. And if you peek over the wall - holding your breath - there's a chance you could spot two saucer-round eyes blinking out of a strangely square opening in the tree roots . . .

Ruby and Jackson get the surprise of their lives when they discover a Thing living at the bottom of their gardens. But Thing is cute, and funny, even if sometimes when he's upset he gets a bit ARRGHH! And that's when the trouble starts. Like the time he comes to school, and Ruby and Jackson find themselves mixed up in a terrible tangle of noodle-doodles!

The second in a hilarious new series by best-selling author Karen McCombie, illustrated throughout with irresistable black and white line art by Alex T. Smith.