The face smiled as if to calm the boy down, only to reveal a set of broken and r________n teeth. This made the boy even more scared than before.
rotten
15
The t_________y travelled slowly down the long corridor. The boy could hear the sound of something being dragged along the floor. It sounded like the squeak of a shoe.
trolley
15
“Tom Charper!” said the man, s_______g it down on the form. “That’s question one done. Just a hundred and ninety-one to go. Now, who brought you to the hospital today? Are your mummy and daddy here?”
scribbling
15
“You silly boy! As if I would!” replied the nurse, before clouting him round the ear hard with her thick, heavy hand. “OW!”screamed Doctor Luppers. “That hurt!” “Well, at least you are in the right place for an i______y!
injury
15
The boy would always place himself at the very far edge of the p______h. So far out that Tom could indulge in his favourite pastime – daydreaming.
pitch
15
Boredom hung in the still, stuffy air. It was more like an old people’s home than a children’s w____d.
ward
15
Tom began longing to be back at school. The children’s ward seemed an utterly m________e place to be.
miserable
15
“No getting out of bed. No visits to the toilet during the night; that is what the b______n is for."
bedpan
15
he thought it might be a t_____k question when his Maths teacher asked him what 2 + 2 was, so he answered 5 …
trick
15
But now here he was, standing in the middle of a hospital ward, wearing a pink, frilly n_______s.
nightdress
15
“The treatment?!” Tom couldn’t believe it. If the treatment did this, then what did the illness do? “But you are going to get better, though?” The girl shrugged. “I don’t know.”
shrugged
15
KLANG! … a deafening noise echoed down the basement corridors. It sounded like a heavy metal door being shut. Tom wondered who else might be down here with him. The porter?
deafening
15
“I’ll s__________h on you all unless you let me come too!” said Tom. The other three were stunned into silence.
snitch
15
“So why can’t I join?” said Tom. “Because not just anybody can join,” said Amber. “The Midnight Gang can only survive if it’s secret. If someone s________d, it would ruin it for everybody. We don’t know if we can trust you yet.”
squealed
15
The other two boys chuckled as Tom sulked. He knew he was not an Olympic athlete in the making, but he never realised people might think he was a wimp. “Come on, Tom, don’t s____k!” said Amber.
