A Case of the Jitters

by Tom Percival

Published 6 August 2020

From Tom Percival, the creator of Ruby's Worry and the Big Bright Feelings series, comes a fun and engaging colour illustrated series exploring anxiety in children through action and adventure!

Meet the Dream Team! Turning nightmares into incredible adventures!


Erika's friend Kris is HILARIOUS. She thinks he should perform in their school's talent show, but he's far too nervous.

And when Erika gets a call from the Dream Team to help on a mission, she meets another girl who is struggling with confidence. Chanda's dream is being attacked by the jitters and nothing seems to be going right. Try as they might, the team can't get control of her dream – until Erika realizes that there is a connection between Chanda and Kris. Can she help Chanda to find some confidence before the jitters take over completely?

Dive into the Dreamscape with A Case of the Jitters and discover another amazing adventure in Attack of the Heebie Jeebies.


From Tom Percival, the creator of Ruby's Worry and the Big Bright Feelings series, comes a fun and engaging colour illustrated series exploring anxiety in children through action and adventure!

Meet the Dream Team! Turning nightmares into incredible adventures!


Erika's had a bad day. But going to sleep upset means bad dreams. She finds herself stranded in the Dreamscape along with a mob of hungry Heebie Jeebies – and to make matters worse, she's being hunted by a terrifying Angermare!

Enter the Dream Team! Can they help Erika overcome her worries and get home, or will she be trapped forever?

Dive into the Dreamscape with Attack of the Heebie Jeebies and follow up with A Case of the Jitters!


A Marcus Rashford Book Club Choice! Silas and the Marvellous Misfits by Tom Percival is an action-packed adventure that shows kids the joy of being themselves.

'Engaging and action packed. I would have loved this book as a child!' – Marcus Rashford MBE

Erika has a BIG secret. She’s a member of the Dream Defenders – a top-secret organization that banishes your worries while you sleep!

And tonight they're on a mission to rescue Erika's best friend Silas from the clutches of the evil Glooms – creatures who want everyone in the dream world to look and think exactly the same way!

Can the Dream Defenders save Silas and help him to see that being a misfit can be a truly marvellous thing?

Discover more of the Dream Defenders adventures in Erika and the Angermare and Chanda and the Devious Doubt.

The Marcus Rashford Book Club is a collaboration between Marcus Rashford and Macmillan Children's Books, inspiring children to develop a love of reading and literacy as a life skill.