Most Popular Books by Robert Westall

''Nobody breaks up this gang. And I mean nobody. Not Boddser, not the police, not your folks and definitely not the Germans. This is our territory and I will fight to the death for this place.'' The gripping story of Chas McGill and his school friends offers a vivid account of life in The Blitz.

Tom Higgins, a British schoolboy during the Persian Gulf War, narrates his younger brother''s struggle with an apparent mental illness or "mystery of nature" which drives the child to assume the role of an Iraqi.

There were three people, standing in the darkest place, watching him. Simon is outraged that his Mum plans to remarry. He can''t bear her new fiancé or the way his mother and sister seem to have forgotten his late father. Overwhelmed by hatred and anger he seeks solace in a nearby abandoned water mill. But another, powerful hatred lingers within its walls. And it is about to be unleashed... Westall''s immense talent is evident from the opening line - Simon''s anger and unhappiness are tangible, and the Scarecrows'' ill-intentions terrifying.

YA. A boy promises his life to a girl who dies. She pulls him to the brink of his own life during WWII.

She made her way down the cliff, and on to the beach. At the edge of the waves, she stopped, shaking her wet paws. She knew that somewhere ahead was her person, but far, far away. She miaowed plaintively; stood staring at the moving blur of uncrossable sea. She led the way to safety, out of the blazing hell of blitzed Coventry. People touched her for luck; feared her as an omen of disaster. Wherever she went, she changed lives . . . From her beginning to her end she never wavered. She was the Blitzcat. Blitzcat by Robert Westall is the Smarties Prize-winning book about one brave cat''s experiences during World War Two. Now with a brilliant new cover look and including an extended author biography.

Believing his parents to be killed by the bomb which destroyed his home, twelve-year-old Harry sets off on a journey of survival.

Six tales, set in England, in which people engaged in ordinary pursuits attract the attention of supernatural forces.

"Chapel farm: Ralph has everything, and wants Margaret to follow him. But she is desperate for space and freedom. As their time ends, the questions begin ... . Blizzard: Perfect for each other, Simon and Angela have split up over one important issue. Can they be reconciled if their lives depend on it?" --Back cover.

After an air raid, a group of English children find a German machine gun and hide it from adults who are looking for it.

While visiting his mother and new stepfather whom he hates, an English teenager is terrorized by three scarecrows embodying people who met violent death and who silently threaten the entire family.