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Robert Swindells

Autor(a) de Stone Cold

97+ Works 1,901 Membros 48 Reviews

About the Author

Inclui os nomes: Robert Swindells, Robert Swindells, Robert E. Swindells, Robert Edward Swindells

Obras de Robert Swindells

Stone Cold (1993) 298 cópias
Brother in the Land (1984) 187 cópias
Room 13 (1989) 160 cópias
Abomination (1998) 139 cópias
Daz 4 Zoe (Puffin Teenage Fiction) (1990) 62 cópias
Hydra (1992) 60 cópias
Timesnatch (1995) 43 cópias
Nightmare Stairs (1997) 38 cópias
Invisible! (1999) 38 cópias
Blitzed (2002) 36 cópias
Dosh (Puffin Teenage Books) (1999) 33 cópias
Ruby Tanya (2004) 30 cópias
The Ice Palace (Lions) (1980) 29 cópias
Jacqueline Hyde (1998) 28 cópias
Wrecked (Puffin Teenage Books) (2001) 27 cópias
Doodlebug Alley (Mammoth Read) (2000) 26 cópias
The Thousand Eyes of Night (1985) 26 cópias
Inside the Worm (1993) 25 cópias
In the Nick of Time (2007) 25 cópias
Snapshot (2005) 24 cópias
No Angels (Puffin Teenage Books) (2003) 23 cópias
Follow a Shadow (New Longman Literature) (1989) 22 cópias
The Unbeliever (1997) 22 cópias
Egyptian Gods and Pharaohs (2000) 19 cópias
Shrapnel (2009) 19 cópias
Chilling Christmas Tales (1992) — Contribuinte — 18 cópias
Burnout (2007) 18 cópias
Voyage to Valhalla (1977) 18 cópias
Smash! (1997) 17 cópias
A Serpent's Tooth (1988) 16 cópias
The Shade of Hettie Daynes (2008) 16 cópias
Heibel rond de kikkerpoel (1993) 16 cópias
Snakebite (2006) 15 cópias
Blackout (2011) 15 cópias
Kidnap at Denton Farm (Outfit) (1994) 14 cópias
The Orchard Book of Viking Stories (2004) 14 cópias
Room 13 and Inside the Worm (2007) 14 cópias
World-eater (1985) 12 cópias
A Skull in Shadows Lane (2012) 12 cópias
The Orchard Book of Stories from Ancient Egypt (2000) 12 cópias
Wish for Wings (2001) 11 cópias
A Candle in the Dark (Knight Books) (1974) 11 cópias
Just a Bit of Fun (2009) 11 cópias
When Darkness Comes (1975) 11 cópias
Hurricane Summer (Mammoth Read) (1997) 10 cópias
Knife-edge (2008) 9 cópias
Staying Up (1986) 9 cópias
The Orchard Book of Vikings (1999) 9 cópias
The First Hunter (2009) 9 cópias
The Secret of Weeping Wood (The Outfit, no. 1) (1994) 8 cópias
The Very Special Baby (1977) 8 cópias
You Can't Say I'm Crazy (Antelope Books) (1992) 8 cópias
Ghost Messengers (Cascades) (1985) 7 cópias
Branded (Puffin Teenage Books) (2005) 7 cópias
Nightmare Stairs And Room 13 (2000) 6 cópias
Ruby Tanya (2005) 6 cópias
Robert Swindells' Peril in the Mist: The 'Outfit's # 5 Story from the Carnegie Medal-Winning Auth (1997) 6 cópias
The siege of Frimly Prim (1993) 5 cópias
Draculas Castle (1990) 5 cópias
The Deep End (2013) 5 cópias
Rolf y Rosi (Spanish Edition) (1995) 5 cópias
Dan's War (2012) 5 cópias
Henry V (Shakespeare Today) (2010) 4 cópias
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare Today) (2009) 4 cópias
I mille occhi della notte 4 cópias
Roger's War (1999) 4 cópias
Dragons Live Forever (1987) 3 cópias
Invisible AND Timesnatch (2005) 3 cópias
The Go-ahead Gang (Young Puffin Story Books) (1992) 3 cópias
Last Bus (1997) 3 cópias
Der Schatten, den ich bannte. ( Ab 14 J.). (1997) 3 cópias
Tim Kipper (1990) 2 cópias
Swindells: Stone Cold: Englische Lektüre für das 4. und 5. Lernjahr (2016) 2 cópias
The Moonpath and Other Tales of the Bizarre (The Good Time Library) (1979) 2 cópias
The Postbox Mystery (1991) 2 cópias
MITES I LLEGENDES DE L'ANTIC EGIPTE (2018) 2 cópias
Sans abri (2003) 2 cópias
Wheaton Book of Science Fiction Stories (1982) 2 cópias
Nel ventre del drago (2021) 1 exemplar(es)
The Weather-clerk (1983) 1 exemplar(es)
Feuerstein und Rauchsignal 1 exemplar(es)
Wistan the Strange (in Centuries of Stories - COOLING) 1 exemplar(es)
Scary Stories (1997) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Norah's Shark (1979) 1 exemplar(es)
Eldlekar (2011) 1 exemplar(es)
Nattens tusind øjne (1984) 1 exemplar(es)
Nemici (2000) 1 exemplar(es)
"Room 13" and "Inside the Worm": 2 Books in One (1996) 1 exemplar(es)
Night School (Paperbird) (1989) 1 exemplar(es)
Serpent's Tooth Pb (Longman Literature) (1998) 1 exemplar(es)
Habitació 13 (1995) 1 exemplar(es)
We Didn't Mean To! (Outfit) (2021) 1 exemplar(es)
Reis naar Walhalla 1 exemplar(es)
Mavis Davis (Umbrella Books) (1988) 1 exemplar(es)
HOOLIGANS (1997) 1 exemplar(es)
På nye vinger (2003) 1 exemplar(es)
H Þ I þ ơ Ơ £ 13 1 exemplar(es)
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Associated Works

An Oxford Book of Christmas Stories (1986) — Contribuinte — 68 cópias
Centuries of Stories (1999) — Contribuinte — 59 cópias
Haunting Christmas Tales: An Anthology (1630) — Contribuinte — 54 cópias
Scary! 2: More Stories That Will Make You Scream (2001) — Contribuinte — 31 cópias
Dollmaker and Other Sinister Stories (1982) — Contribuinte — 7 cópias
The Methuen Book of Strange Tales (1980) — Contribuinte — 7 cópias
MYSTERIOUS CHRISTMAS TALES (HIPPO FICTION) (1993) — Contribuinte — 6 cópias
Snapshots (1995) — Contribuinte — 6 cópias

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1939-03-20
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
UK
Local de nascimento
Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
Locais de residência
Yorkshire, England, UK
Organizações
Royal Air Force
Premiações
Carnegie Medal (1993)
Children's Book Award (4 times)

Membros

Resenhas

Brother In The Land de Robert Swindells
Harrowing novel about the aftermath of a nuclear war. Like Threads in book form.

HOWEVER, I know there are at least 2 editions of this, with different endings. One is the original, which is realistic and depressing. There's another one which makes no sense but gives a reasonably happy ending. I prefer the first. Funny story: we read this book in school and half were the first and half the second but the teacher hadn't realised they had different endings. When we got to the end there was a lot of confusion and the teacher expressed her disappointment with the depressing ending. WHATEVER TEACH YOU WERE DUMB AS HECK DEPRESSING ENDINGS FOR LIFE… (mais)
 
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tombomp | outras 4 resenhas | Oct 31, 2023 |
 
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Nikolas50 | Apr 2, 2023 |
 
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gutierrezmonge | outras 8 resenhas | Oct 16, 2022 |
Stone Cold (Puffin Teenage Fiction) de Robert Swindells
This was actually quite good - but not for me. Homelessness is such a terrible thing that I couldn't read it as entertainment and I wasn't learning anything from it either.
 
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Ma_Washigeri | outras 8 resenhas | Jan 23, 2021 |
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Jon Riley Illustrator
Clifford Norgate Narrator
Les Edwards Cover artist
Scoular Anderson Illustrator

Estatísticas

Obras
97
Also by
8
Membros
1,901
Popularidade
#13,544
Avaliação
½ 3.5
Resenhas
48
ISBNs
434
Idiomas
16

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