Maggi knew that the old abbey had power and she couldn't decide whether she and her dad were meant to stay or not. So many awful things nearly happened, then the abbey relented just in time. Mzz MacFarlane seemed to want them to stay - or was it just Maggi's father she was interested in? Robert Westall has twice won the Carnegie Medal, for The Machine-Gunners and The Scarecrows. His other novels include Devil on the Road, Fathom Five and The Cats of Seroster.