Robert Swindells

The Outfit never really believed the stories about the ghosts of the Weeping Woods--until now. But as they investigate the mysterious cries, truth suddenly becomes stranger--and more terrifying--than fiction Join the Outfit, a band of mystery-solving teens and their dog, Raider, as they investigate chilling ghost stories and strange happenings around their hometown in this high/low series.

When land developers threaten to fill in Froglet Pond and destroy all the wildlife that lives there, the Outfit decides to take matters into their own hands. Follow this fascinating high/low title to see if they succeed.

The Outfit had never really believed the stories about the ghosts of the Weeping Woods. But as they investigate the mysterious cries, the truth suddenly becomes stranger and more terrifying than fiction in this high/low adventure.

Despite the gates and barbed wire, the Outfit decides to investigate the old mansion in the Weeping Woods. Inside, they discover something truly sinister. Investigate alongside them in this high/low adventure.

After a little girl goes missing from outside her school, everyone blames Ragger Bill. But the Outfit knows Bill is innocent, and they set out to find the missing girl before it's too late. Find the truth in this high-stakes, high/low story.

The protests at Farmer Denton's new wind turbine take a terrifying turn when someone kidnaps Jillo. It's up to the Outfit to rescue Jillo and save the turbine from destruction. Tag along in this exciting high-low adventure.

When the Outfit finds themselves alone in the wilderness as mist descends and night falls, will they be able to find their way back home through the dark? Find out with this suspenseful high/low story.

An 'After-the-Bomb' story told by teenage Danny, one of the survivors - one of the unlucky ones. Set in Shipley, an ordinary town in the north of England, this is a powerful portrayal of a world that has broken down. Danny not only has to cope in a world of lawlessness and gang warfare, but he has to protect and look after his little brother, Ben, and a girl called Kim. Is there any hope left for a new world?

Charlotte is out in the woods on her own one day when something mysterious happens - she walks along a row of stones laid like stepping stones on the forest floor . She has somehow slipped back to 1955, and is now, in the same woods, on the site of a very unique school, an open-air school for sick city children.

A powerful, disturbing thriller reissued in The Originals series of classic teenage fiction. Martha is twelve - and very different from other kids, because of her parents. Strict members of a religious group - the Brethren - their rules dominate Martha's life. And one rule is the most important of all: she must never ever invite anyone home. If she does, their shameful secret - Abomination - could be revealed. But as Martha makes her first real friend in Scott, a new boy at school, she begins to wonder. Is she doing the right thing by helping to keep Abomination a secret? And just how far will her parents go to prevent the truth from being known?The Originals are the pioneers of fiction for young adults. From political awakening, war and unrequited love to addiction, teenage pregnancy and nuclear holocaust, The Originals confront big issues and articulate difficult truths

A prehistoric adventure in which an unlikely person invents a game that will change the tribe's way of life. Tan's tribe must steal meat like jackals to live. Scavenging's dangerous, but they have no other way to get food. Until the tribe's idiot hanger-on invents a new game … Prehistoric adventure. Barrington Stoke specialise in books for reluctant, struggling and dyslexic readers.

Stone Cold is a Carnegie Medal-winning thriller by Robert Swindells. It is one of The Originals from Penguin - iconic, outspoken, first.A tense thriller plot is combined with a perceptive and harrowing portrait of life on the streets as a serial killer preys on the young and vulnerable homeless. Link, aged 17, is distrustful of people until he pairs up with Deb, another homeless youngster. But what Deb doesn't tell him is that she's an ambitious young journalist on a self-imposed assignment to track down the killer and she's prepared to use herself as bait ...The Originals are the pioneers of fiction for young adults. From political awakening, war and unrequited love to addiction, teenage pregnancy and nuclear holocaust, The Originals confront big issues and articulate 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.

If you expect to see a ghost, you see a ghost... That's what Bethan tells herself when her brother Harry takes her to see the ghost at the old reservoir. But she really can see it: a pale figure floating over the water, one finger pointing downwards.Local legend says that the ghost is Hettie Daynes, an ancestor of their family, who vanished over a hundred years ago.If so, what does she want? And why is she appearing now?Harry and Bethan and their friends Rob and Alison are determined to find out!A deliciously shivery ghost tale from multi award-winning author Robert Swindells.

THE STRANGE TALE OF RAGGER BILL'The Outfit ' # 6A little girl had gone missing and some of the villagers are taking matters into their own hands. Ragger Bill is the main suspect, but The Outfit are sure he is innocent. They must find the true culprit - and fast - before things go too far. "Ragger Bill, Ragger Bill, Will he eat you?Yes he will " Read all of The Outfit's thrilling adventures THE SECRET OF WEEPING WOODWE DIDN'T MEAN TO - HONEST THE GHOSTS OF GIVENHAM KEEPPERIL IN THE MISTTHE STRANGE TALE OF RAGGER BILLKIDNAP AT FENTON FARM

PERIL IN THE MIST'The Outfit ' # 5 in the seriesA challenging hike across five remote moors is just the sort of adventure The Outfit love. But when they find themselves alone on the moors as mist descends and night falls, will the Outfit be able to oversome their greatest challenge yet? "It was quite dark now, and the tain was still falling. They struck out across the invisible terrain and almost at once, without knowing it, left the track to follow a path which led only to some long-abanfoned quarries" Read all of The Outfit's thrilling adventures THE SECRET OF WEEPING WOODWE DIDN'T MEAN TO - HONEST THE GHOSTS OF GIVENHAM KEEPPERIL IN THE MISTTHE STRANGE TALE OF RAGGER BILLKIDNAP AT FENTON FARM

THE SECRET OF WEEPING WOOD'The Outfit ' # 1 in the seriesThe Outfit had never really believed the stories of ghosts in Weeping Woof - until now But as they investigate the nysterious cries, truth suffenly becomes stranger - and more terrifying - than fiction "As the chilling cries frew louder, they fled. They burst sobbing from the hainted thicket and ran on till the cries of the phantom infants faded and they could run no more." Read all of The Outfit's thrilling adventures THE SECRET OF WEEPING WOODWE DIDN'T MEAN TO - HONEST THE GHOSTS OF GIVENHAM KEEPPERIL IN THE MISTTHE STRANGE TALE OF RAGGER BILLKIDNAP AT FENTON FARM