WORLD WAR 11- ANNA THOMPSON and her 'Gang' Babs, John and Peter find suspicious things happening in the woods. Meeting in their Den they see ' a white thing' that vanishes. Their investigation leads them into startling discoveries. Anna is afraid of THE DARK, All dogs, the Headmaster Mr. Filer and Vera Barris and her Gang of Cronies What she can't understand is 'Where is the War' she doesn't care where it is or what it is- Anna cares about her friends best of all. When people become missing, and queer things start happening Anna realises they are all in danger- but from what? Realisation dawns on her when she has to RUN for her life- in the SNOW -and the DARK to save the lives of five people.