I can't remember this much but i swear there was a murder thing going on but i will have to find out as my memory is so bad and I am not even joking on this matter. Stone Cold is a young-adult novel by Robert Swindells, published by Heinemann in 1993. Set in Bradford and on the streets of London, the first-person narrative switches between Link, a newly- homeless young man adjusting to his situation, and Shelter, an ex-army officer scorned after being dismissed from his job, supposedly on "medical grounds", with a sinister motive.

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Overall I think that this novel is very good and I would recommend it to fans of realistic horror novels but I think most people would enjoy because of the various theme that it uses. It is definitely a novel aimed at the older reader as the ideas in the novel can be a bit heavy going and may scare younger readers. I would rate this novel a 3 out of 5. The character of Link, is a 17-year-old, is distrustful towards everyone… Until he pairs up with Deb, who is another homeless youngster.Link says that on the streets, men will sometimes try to get into sleeping bags with soft-skinned young men like himself. Another time, he mentions the dangers of men who like young boys and think, because they’re homeless, they’ll do anything for money.

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The book is primarily about this despondent teenager suffering from homelessness, however the author clearly thought that the book wasn't bleak enough and, as a result, decided to incorporate a psychotic serial killer into the story too. I'm not going to say any more about it but hopefully that's peaked your interest. Swindells won the annual Carnegie Medal recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. [1] Television [ edit ]

Pharapreising and interpretation due to major educational standards released by a particular educational institution as well as tailored to your educational institution – if different; He first won the Red House Children's Book Award with Brother in the Land (1984), a novel set in a post-apocalyptic world. Swindells was a supporter of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and is quoted as saying that the work "... came out of my own anger and frustration ... you can't kill selectively with nuclear weapons, you wipe out millions of people ...". He won three more Red House awards for Room (13), Nightmare Stairs (Short novel, 1998) and Blitzed (Younger readers, 2003).