Although he is afraid of Andrew Aldie, twelve-year-old Chris Cooper agrees to help his friend Finn Lochlan look for a way to stop Andrew’s father from opening a gravel pit near their Scottish village.

• ISBN: 9780823410996
• Author: Dunlop, Eileen
• Published: 1994, Holiday House
• Themes: bullies, Country life, excavation, Friendship
• Descriptors: England (UK), Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction, Scotland (UK)
• No. of pages: 154