An Older Kind of Magic by Patricia Wrightson
BENEATH THE EARTH ARE OLDER THINGS THAN PERHAPS WE UNDERSTAND; AS OLD AS THE GROUND ITSELF. EVERY SO OFTEN WHEN THE THOUSAND YEAR COMET COMES AROUND, THE ANCIENT SPIRITS APPEAR AGAIN ABOVE THE GROUND. GREG KNEW THE COMET WAS COMING. SELINA, RUPERT AND BENNY KNEW AS WELL. BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE SPIRITS, AND THEIR OLDER KIND OF MAGIC.