Books 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

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.

Brian på 15 år går op i fodbold. Noget af det vigtigste for ham er at støtte det lokale fodboldhold, Barfax Town, så de undgår nedrykning. Han beundrer klubbens hooligans, men hans kæreste, Debbie, gider ikke fodbold. Da hun begynder at gå sine egne veje, frygter Brian, at han skal miste hende, og pludselig ved han ikke, hvad der er vigtigst: Debbie eller fodbold?Robert Swindells (f.1939) er en anerkendt engelsk ungdomsforfatter. Mange af hans bøger foregår i mystiske og mytiske fantasy-universer, men han har også skrevet flere værker baseret på sin egen barndom. Swindells har vundet adskillige priser for sit forfatterskab herunder den anerkendte Children's Book Award.

Charlotte is out in the woods on her own one day when something mysterious happens - she walks along a row of stones laid like stepping stones on the forest floor . She has somehow slipped back to 1955, and is now, in the same woods, on the site of a very unique school, an open-air school for sick city children.

Året er 2100, og skellet mellem rig og fattig i England er en gabende afgrund, der er umulig at krydse. Befolkningen er delt op i de rige 'kapier' og de fattige 'frittere', der bliver håbløst undertrykt. Zoe på 14 er kapier og har levet et liv i luksus skærmet fra samfundets ulykkelige side. Men da hun møder fritteren Daz på 15, ændrer alt sig. De forelsker sig i hinanden, og nu begynder det at gå op for Zoe, hvor uretfærdigt et samfund, hun lever i.Robert Swindells (f.1939) er en anerkendt engelsk ungdomsforfatter. Mange af hans bøger foregår i mystiske og mytiske fantasy-universer, men han har også skrevet flere værker baseret på sin egen barndom. Swindells har vundet adskillige priser for sit forfatterskab herunder den anerkendte Children's Book Award.

Da Links forældre bliver skilt, styrter hans verden i grus. Han beslutter sig for at stikke af hjemmefra og forsøge at klare sig selv. Men livet på gaden er hårdt, og der lurer farer overalt. Da han møder Shelter, bliver det hele pludselig alt for farligt. Shelter er en psykopatisk morder, der ikke lader nogen komme i vejen for sig.Robert Swindells (f.1939) er en anerkendt engelsk ungdomsforfatter. Mange af hans bøger foregår i mystiske og mytiske fantasy-universer, men han har også skrevet flere værker baseret på sin egen barndom. Swindells har vundet adskillige priser for sit forfatterskab herunder den anerkendte Children's Book Award.

15-årige Tims liv bevæger sig ud på et sidespor fyldt med stoffer og alkohol. Han forsøger konstant at flygte fra sin urolige tilværelse, men gruppen af fyre, han hænger ud med, gør ikke ligefrem livet nemmere for ham.Da han finder et mystisk gammelt portræt af en mand, der til forveksling ligner ham selv, kan han ikke tro sine egne øjne. Tim bliver besat af tanken om at finde ud af, hvem manden på billedet er. Men jo mere han opdager, desto mere involveret bliver han i en serie af uforklarlige begivenheder, der fuldstændigt ændrer hans liv.Robert Swindells (f.1939) er en anerkendt engelsk ungdomsforfatter. Mange af hans bøger foregår i mystiske og mytiske fantasy-universer, men han har også skrevet flere værker baseret på sin egen barndom. Swindells har vundet adskillige priser for sit forfatterskab herunder den anerkendte Children's Book Award.

"Flyderen bevægede sig ud i laden. Øjeløs følte den stjerneskærets svage tiltrækning og fulgte den, gled ud gennem den store åbne dør og bort i mørket..."Der sker noget meget mærkeligt på Cansfield gård. Mystiske korncirkler dukker hele tiden op på markerne – og den hidsige gårdejer nægter alle adgang til sin jord.Hvordan kommer cirklerne?Hvem laver dem?Hvorfor virker Barry Cansfield så bange?Robert Swindells (f.1939) er en anerkendt engelsk ungdomsforfatter. Mange af hans bøger foregår i mystiske og mytiske fantasy-universer, men han har også skrevet flere værker baseret på sin egen barndom. Swindells har vundet adskillige priser for sit forfatterskab herunder den anerkendte Children's Book Award.

En atomkrig har udryddet størstedelen af Jordens befolkning. Den nye verden er præget af forurening, strålesyge og død. Det smuldrende samfund styres med hård hånd af magtbegærlige mennesker, der ikke er bange for at bruge vold over for dem, der gør oprør. Danny er blandt de få overlevende, og han og hans venner har ikke tænkt sig at finde sig i den nye verdensorden.Robert Swindells (f.1939) er en anerkendt engelsk ungdomsforfatter. Mange af hans bøger foregår i mystiske og mytiske fantasy-universer, men han har også skrevet flere værker baseret på sin egen barndom. Swindells har vundet adskillige priser for sit forfatterskab herunder den anerkendte Children's Book Award.

Da Davy og hans venner finder et skelet begravet fra fordums tid, beslutter de at grave så meget af det op som muligt. Uden at blande de voksne ind i det. Deres plan går tilsyneladende fint, indtil de har udgravet hele skelettet, og Davy bliver offer for både hjemsøgelse og hallucinationer.Robert Swindells (f.1939) er en anerkendt engelsk ungdomsforfatter. Mange af hans bøger foregår i mystiske og mytiske fantasy-universer, men han har også skrevet flere værker baseret på sin egen barndom. Swindells har vundet adskillige priser for sit forfatterskab herunder den anerkendte Children's Book Award.

"Flyderen bevægede sig ud i laden. Øjeløs følte den stjerneskærets svage tiltrækning og fulgte den, gled ud gennem den store åbne dør og bort i mørket..."Der sker noget meget mærkeligt på Cansfield gård. Mystiske korncirkler dukker hele tiden op på markerne – og den hidsige gårdejer nægter alle adgang til sin jord.Hvordan kommer cirklerne?Hvem laver dem?Hvorfor virker Barry Cansfield så bange?Robert Swindells (f.1939) er en anerkendt engelsk ungdomsforfatter. Mange af hans bøger foregår i mystiske og mytiske fantasy-universer, men han har også skrevet flere værker baseret på sin egen barndom. Swindells har vundet adskillige priser for sit forfatterskab herunder den anerkendte Children's Book Award.

A prehistoric adventure in which an unlikely person invents a game that will change the tribe's way of life.

The deafening whir of the air raid siren was there again. The doodlebugs were back!

The tension is palpable in this thriller for young readers.

If you expect to see a ghost, you see a ghost... That's what Bethan tells herself when her brother Harry takes her to see the ghost at the old reservoir. But she really can see it: a pale figure floating over the water, one finger pointing downwards.Local legend says that the ghost is Hettie Daynes, an ancestor of their family, who vanished over a hundred years ago.If so, what does she want? And why is she appearing now?Harry and Bethan and their friends Rob and Alison are determined to find out!A deliciously shivery ghost tale from multi award-winning author Robert Swindells.

The worm was close now. So close Fliss could smell the putrid stench of its breath. Its slavering jaws gaped to engulf her...Everyone in Elsworth knows the local legend about the monstrous worm - or dragon - that once terrorised the village. But it never really happened. Or did it? For when Fliss and her friends are chosen to re-enact the legend for the village Festival, the four who are to play the part of the worm dance as one across the ground. They are the worm. And Fliss begins to feel real fear. Somehow the worm itself is returning - with a thousand-year hunger in its belly, and a burning desire for vengeance...

Another gripping World War Two drama from the master storyteller and multi-award-winner, Robert Swindells.Life in a small village is boring now the war is over, there is still rationing and bomb damage and war losses. But when a group of children hear of some treasure kept locked in the village, things look at bit more interesting. And then two strangers turn up in the village - and they've heard of the treasure too . . .

Battles and scenes of warfare are never far from the young King Henry. This retelling brings to life the tumultuous struggle of the heroic young monarch as he fights to protect his kingdom and his life.

It's the height of World War Two. Britain is being ravaged by bombs and most young men are off fighting. Gordon wishes he was too. Maybe then he wouldn't get bullied for having a cowardly family . . . Gordon's dad didn't serve in World War One, and now his older brother Raymond isn't serving in World War Two - he's gone missing. When Gordon finds a revolver hidden in his house, he tracks Raymond down, but ends up involved in more than he'd bargined for. Raymond enlists Gordon's help to deliver and collect some 'packages'. But is the work actually for the government? And will it have terrible consequences?

The skeleton lay on its back. The jaws gaped and one arm lay across the chest as through flung there to ward off a blow . . . The Tangle is a long, narrow stretch of derelict land, a wilderness of weeds and rubbish with an old railway tunnel yawning blackly at one end. No-one - not even bullying Gary Deacon - dares venture far into its sooty darkness. But it is here that twelve-year-old Tan and his friends make a grisly discovery - a discovery that is to plunge them into a terrifying adventure as the tunnel slowly unfolds its sinister secret . . .

Once a creature is extinct, it's gone for ever, isn't it? Not any more - as a butterfly from the past proves. The physicist mother of Kizzy Rye and Fraser Rye has invented an amazing time machine that can travel back into the past, snatch a plant or animal now extinct and bring it back into the present.

I'm falling - falling down steep, narrow stairs - if I hit the bottom asleep, I know I'll never wake. Every night Kirsty wakes up screaming. Every night she has the same terrible nightmare - of falling downstairs. But does she fall? Or is she pushed? Then Kirsty discovers that her grandma died falling downstairs and she begins to wonder: is the dream hinting at a dark secret in her family? She has to know the truth. But tracking a murderer is a dangerous game, and as she delves into the past, Kirsty uncovers a secret more terrible than anything she can imagine.A terrifying read from one of today's master storytellers. WINNER OF THE SHEFFIELD CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD FOR BEST SHORTER NOVEL'Cleverly put together - funny as well as gripping' The Sunday Times

George is fascinated by World War Two. Bombers, Nazis, doodlebugs. But he discovers the reality is very different from how he had imagined it when a school trip to a World War Two museum leads to a timeslip - and George is in London at the time of the Blitz! He joins up with a group of other homeless children, struggling to survive. And then they suspect someone they know of being a German spy...