by Robert Swindells · Puffin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780241134948
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«Stone Cold» is a young adult mystery novel by Robert Swindells, published by Puffin in paperback (144 pages, in English).
Link, a young man who runs away from home because of his stepfather, survives on the streets of London with other homeless boys. When some of his companions disappear, he senses that danger is lurking. The novel combines the boy's voice with that of a stranger and portrays the loneliness and exclusion of homeless youth.
Winner of the Carnegie Medal in 1993. The first edition, from Hamish Hamilton, appeared in 1993; the Puffin edition was published on August 4, 1994.
It is intended for young and teenage readers, from around 10 years old, who enjoy mystery with a social backdrop.
Robert E. Swindells is an English author of children's and young adult fiction.
