Andy Croft 
Dead Wood [PDF ebook] 

Holly”s family move to the old house so her dad can do his job: bulldozing the ancient trees to make way for a housing estate. But there”s something haunting the old house. Something old, and angry, that doesn”t want the trees cut down. Something
alive…
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