Best Selling Books by Robert Westall

Tales of psychological suspense and the possible supernatural.

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

Growing up in a northern English town after World War II, seventeen-year-old Robert, clever student and formidable rugby player, finds himself drawn into a passionate affair with a young teacher at his school.

Ritorna uno dei romanzi più importanti della letteratura per ragazzi.

A collection of ten of the author''s previously published ghostly tales, including "Rachel and the Angel" and "The Creatures in the House", and the previously unpublished "Graveyard Shift".

A dodici anni, Maggi Adams ha già tante responsabilità. Da quando la madre è morta le cose sono cambiate, e adesso tocca a lei occuparsi dei fratellini, i terribili gemelli Baz e Gaz. Perciò, quando suo padre riceve un''offerta di lavoro per ristrutturare una vecchia abbazia fatiscente nel Cheshire, Maggi non sta più nella pelle: un''estate lontano da casa è proprio quello che ci vuole! Ma una volta arrivati, è subito chiaro che l''antico edificio nasconde qualcosa e forse cerca di comunicarlo... Tra rumori sinistri, figure spettrali e misteriosi incidenti, quali oscuri segreti si celano tra quelle vecchie mura? E cosa vuole l''abbazia da Maggi e dalla sua famiglia..?

In medieval France, huge, powerful cats and a magic dagger help Cam, a young English jack-of-all-trades, through a series of unusual and dangerous adventures.

Soon after steeplejack Joe Clarke begins work on one of the spires of Muncaster''s medieval cathedral, terrible things start to happen and Joe realizes that there is a malevolent force connected to the spire''s gargoyle.

Already orphaned by the war, ten-year-old Sonny faces an even more personal confrontation with the enemy in the form of a German pilot, shot down and looking for refuge. 8-11 yrs.

While seeking shelter from a sudden rainstorm in an old barn, a young motorcyclist finds himself catapulted into a mid-17th century England troubled by witch hunts.

A book of short stories for teenagers that perfectly conveys all the anguish, horror and humour of falling in love. Not a "he-said-she-said" book, but a gut-wrenchingly realistic portrayal of the whole gamut of feelings, including disappointments and triumphs.

When a shepherd opens an alien coffin he finds on a hillside, he unwittingly brings to Earth alien combatants, and has to work with the cat-like Fefethil to defeat the evil Wawaka, but not before lives are lost or changed forever.