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Something moved at an upstairs window.... Nothing ever happens in the tiny village of Coney Cley. At least, that's what eleven-year-old Josh and his sister, Jinty, think. Until their trip down Shadows Lane. For there, within the walls of an isolated, crumbling cottage, something - someone - is hiding. Josh and Jinty are about to discover a shocking secret, which they must keep hidden at all costs.... A tense, fantastically gripping tale from Carnegie Award-winning author Robert Swindells.

A 12-year-old boy and his friends make a grisly discovery while rooting about in a disused railway tunnel. They are plunged into a terrifying adventure as the tunnel unfolds its sinister secret.

When Charlie falls off a stepping stone in the woods, her whole world suddenly changes. She stumbles in the 21st century, and picks herself up in the middle of the 20th. She's a pupil at a weird outdoor school. Can she get back to her own time?

Kirsty has suffered from a terrifying nightmare since childhood and she comes to realise that her grandmother did not just fall downstairs, she was pushed. Kirsty's suspicions focus on her unfriendly aunt and she starts a campaign to find out the truth.

In this science-fiction thriller, from the award-winning author of Room 13 and Stone Cold, a mysterious planet appears in the sky. The world's scientists are baffled, but 11-year-old Orville has a nasty suspicion that he knows its secret.

Froglet Pond is under attack, and The Outfit are furious. It's not just them that will suffer if the pond's filled in - what about all the wildlife that lives there? It's up to The Outfit to stop the plans and save the pond - by fair means or foul....

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.

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.

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.