Лучшие книги Роберта Уэстолла

Вторая мировая война. Побережье Великобритании. После воздушного налета двенадцатилетний Гарри потерял всех, кого любил. Чтобы не попасть в приют, он отправляется бродяжничать по побережью графства Нортумберленд. В пути Гарри встречает бездомного пса Дона и самых разных людей - хороших и плохих. Сможет ли он пройти испытания кочевой жизни и обрести счастье и дом? "Королевство у моря" - роман о потере и обретении, о силе дружбы, вере в людей и о том, что ищет каждый, - о собственном уголке для счастья и спокойствия. Роберт Аткинсон Уэстолл (1929-1993) - английский писатель, автор множества исторических военных романов для детей и…

Three supernatural novellas by Robert Westall, hailed as the finest British author of ghost stories since M.R. James, collected together for the first time.

BLACKHAM’S WIMPEY

Why should three successive crews flying a Second World War bomber – Blackham’s Wimpey – be driven to madness, despair, even death, though the plane returns from each mission without a scratch?

‘A writer of disturbing brilliance’ – Times Educational Supplement

THE WHEATSTONE POND

Too many deaths, too many suicides. It was more than coincidence. The Wheatstone Pond was a killer. When it’s drained, antique dealer Jeff Morgan gets interested, hoping there’ll be a few valuable wrecks of model boats down there. He isn’t prepared for the horror he will
find instead . . .

‘Gutsy and energetic, grippingly plotted’ – Guardian

YAXLEY’S CAT

Sepp Yaxley vanished seven years ago, and no one has seen him since. Rose and her children Tim and Jane thought his vacant cottage, alone by the marshes, seemed like the perfect place for a holiday adventure. But that was before they decided to find out what happened to old Yaxley. Before they started to find strange things in the garden. Before the neighbors began to act weird. Before Yaxley’s cat came back . . .

Chas McGill has the second-best collection of war souvenirs in Garmouth but wants it to be the best. When he stumbles across the wreckage of a downed German bomber, he finds the ultimate trophy - a working machine gun. Hiding his discovery from the local police, Chas recruits his friends and together they build a fortress for their prize. But war is not a game and soon both friendships and loyalties are tested when the gang's actions have dangerous consequences.

Robert Westall wrote The Machine Gunners for his son, Christopher, based on his own experiences during the Second World War. A modern classic of children's fiction, it went on to win the CILIP Carnegie Medal in 1975 and has been in print ever since.

The icy terror of a blizzard-swept barn where two teenagers' mutual hatred turns to murder. The darkened Cathedral, where a girl spends the night among the spirits of the dead. This is a collection of ten disturbing stories of the strange, supernatural, and macabre.

A thrilling war story from the author of THE MACHINE GUNNERS. It takes just a few seconds for the German bomber to drop its deadly explosives and vanish into the clouds. But those seconds change ten year old Sonny's life for ever. His mother is gone, killed by the bombing raid. His father leaves, driven to distraction by rage and grief. Sonny is left with his formidable grandparents where he must prepare for his own personal confrontation with the unknown Luftwaffe pilot who killed his mother...

In Carnegie Medalist Westall's hard-hitting, suspenseful novel, a boy must save his younger brother when he becomes psychically linked to a doomed Iraqi soldier during the Persian Gulf War.

"I dreamt I was standing in the dark, looking up at the south-west tower ... And our Kev was up there on top, in the dark, and screaming as if some wild beast was eating him."

When steeplejack Joe Clarke is hired to repair the stonework at Muncaster Cathedral, he is unprepared for the horror he will encounter. Something unspeakably evil in the medieval tower is seeking victims among the young neighborhood boys ... and Joe's son may be next! An unsettling story with a horrifying conclusion, this eerie tale will chill young and old readers alike.

This ghost story tells about a one-time bomber pilot who is now an antique dealer and keeps getting involved with ghosts. While this is his first book for adults, he has been writing ghost stories for young adult readers such as "The Machine Gunners".

A chilling and utterly absorbing short story collection.

Hitchhiker
Blackham's Wimpy
Fred, Alice and Aunty Lou
St. Austin Friars
Sergeant Nice

In a brooding story about jealousy, hatred, murder, and love, Simon is outraged that his mom plans to remarry. He can't bear the way she and his sister seem to have forgotten his late father. Overwhelmed by hatred, he seeks solace in a nearby abandoned water mill. But another, powerful hatred lingers within its walls. And it is about to be unleashed.

Four stories of wartime childhood showing the effects of war on the lives of ordinary people, especially children.A mysterious air-raid shelter…A plane crash under fire…A secret operation…A noise in the attic…Four short stories bringing World War 2 to life. In these stories, Robrt Westall shows the effects of war on the lives of ordinary people, especially children.

An exciting new package for an 80,000-copy bestseller. In Robert Westall's critically acclaimed novel, a courageous black cat journeys through war-torn England searching for her beloved master. A moving and stirring novel.--School Library Journal.