BASIC Boy: a Digital Ghost Story

You've heard of haunted houses ... but what about haunted computers? What do you do when there's literally a ghost in the machine? When the past collides with the present and something sinister's come along for the ride?Cal Stubbs has big problems. It's not just that he's struggling to get used to his stepdad Rob, who's weirdly obsessed with stone-age computers (what the heck's a ZX Spectrum anyway?), while his real dad's gone to ground. It's not even that his geeky best friend has...
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You've heard of haunted houses ... but what about haunted computers? What do you do when there's literally a ghost in the machine? When the past collides with the present and something sinister's come along for the ride?Cal Stubbs has big problems. It's not just that he's struggling to get used to his stepdad Rob, who's weirdly obsessed with stone-age computers (what the heck's a ZX Spectrum anyway?), while his real dad's gone to ground. It's not even that his geeky best friend has more luck with girls than he does. No. It's definitely more the creepy nightmares and the freaky messages coming through on the laptop from some sick psycho troll.Meanwhile, back in 1984, the teenage Rob has a dark secret. He's done something terrible ... and a kid who died but won't stay quiet is hell-bent on making him pay. And, mad though it sounds, the price might be his future stepson.As Cal gets more disturbing messages and Rob struggles to remember exactly what happened in 1984, they soon realise that a malevolent shadow is breaking through into the present, intent on wreaking havoc. How do you fight a ghost that can program a computer? They'd better figure out how and quickly, before time runs out ...