An 'After-the-Bomb' story told by teenage Danny, one of the survivors - one of the unlucky ones. Set in Shipley, an ordinary town in the north of England, this is a powerful portrayal of a world that has broken down. Danny not only has to cope in a world of lawlessness and gang warfare, but he has to protect and look after his little brother, Ben, and a girl called Kim. Is there any hope left for a new world?

Brother In The Land

Literature & Fiction

Swindells, Robert

British & Irish

Puffin

Follow a Shadow

On a school trip to Haworth Tim discovers an uncanny likeness between an old family photograph of an ancestor and a portrait of Bramwell Bronte - both of whom bear a peculiar resemblance to himself. The parallels between their lives brings about a turning point in Tim's life.

Follow A Shadow

Ivan lives in a land where the winter is dark and fearful. Starjik, King of Winter, steals Ivan's little brother and Ivan braves the bitter cold to find him.

Ice Palace

Children's Books

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

Stone Cold is an exciting and disturbing thriller by Robert Swindells A tense, exciting thriller combined with a perceptive and harrowing portrait of life on the streets as a serial killer preys on the young and vulnerable homeless. 17-year-old Link is distrustful of people until he pairs up with Deb, homeless like him. But what Deb doesn't tell him is that she's an ambitious young journalist on a self-imposed assignment to track down the killer and that she's prepared to use herself as bait ... Winner of the Carnegie Medal Robert Swindells lives on the Yorkshire moors and is a full-time writer. He has won the Children's Book Award twice, for BROTHER IN THE LAND and for ROOM 13. In 1994, he won the Carnegie Medal for STONE COLD, and also the Sheffield Book Award. Also by Robert Swindells: Brother in the Land; Room 13; Stone Cold; Nightmare Stairs; Unbeliever; Blitzed; Ruby Tanya; The Thousand Eyes of Night; The Tunnel; The Shade of Hettie Daynes; Burnout; In the Nick of Time; Daz 4 Zoe; Snakebite; Snapshot; Branded; Roger's War; No Angels; Wrecked; Jacqueline Hyde; Stayling Up; A Serpent's Tooth; Follow a Shadow; Timesnatch; Unbeliever; The Last Bus

Puffin Essentials Stone Cold

Mysteries & Detectives

Annabel becomes distressed when her parents join a religous cult. In despair she runs away and becomes homeless. She contemplates suicide and calls the Samaritans where she meets Mary who shows her sympathy and kindness. At last she in reunited with her parents.

Unbeliever

Brother in the Land

Brother In the Land

An 'After-the-Bomb' story told by teenage Danny, one of the survivors - one of the unlucky ones. Set in Shipley, an ordinary town in the north of England, this is a powerful portrayal of a world that has broken down. Danny not only has to cope in a world of lawlessness and gang warfare, but he has to protect and look after his little brother, Ben, and a girl called Kim. Is there any hope left for a new world?

Teen & Young Adult

Surfers is an exciting new series aimed at the age group 9-12. The stories are suitable for all abilities, but will appeal particularly to children who are less committed readers.

Surfers Last Bus

Dosh

The stories of two youngsters drawn into crime. Nikki, in the present day, and Nick, living in the middle of the nineteenth century. The parallels between their circumstances, and the reactions of society show that the reasons for and the reactions to petty crime have barely changed.

No Angels

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Books by Swindells, Robert

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Brother In The Land

Follow A Shadow

Ice Palace

Puffin Essentials Stone Cold

Unbeliever

Brother In The Land

Follow A Shadow

Surfers Last Bus

Dosh

No Angels