Winner of the Carnegie Medal, Robert Swindells’ Stone Cold is one of The Originals from Penguin — iconic, outspoken, first. A harrowing portrait of life on the streets is woven into a tense, gripping thriller in which a serial killer hunts the young and vulnerable homeless.
Seventeen-year-old Link has learned not to trust people — until he meets Deb, a fellow homeless youngster who seems to understand his world. What Link doesn’t know is that Deb is an ambitious journalist on a self-imposed mission: to find the killer, and willing to use herself as bait to do it.
The Originals are the pioneers of fiction for young adults. From addiction and teenage pregnancy to war, political awakening and nuclear holocaust, these books tackle big issues head-on and give voice to difficult truths. The collection includes: The Outsiders – S.E. Hinton, I Capture the Castle – Dodie Smith, Postcards from No Man’s Land – Aidan Chambers, After the First Death – Robert Cormier, Dear Nobody – Berlie Doherty, The Endless Steppe – Esther Hautzig, Buddy – Nigel Hinton, Across the Barricades – Joan Lingard, The Twelfth Day of July – Joan Lingard, No Turning Back – Beverley Naidoo, Z for Zachariah – Richard C. O’Brien, The Wave – Morton Rhue, The Red Pony – John Steinbeck, The Pearl – John Steinbeck, Stone Cold – Robert Swindells.
ISBN 13: 9780141368993
Author: Robert Swindells
