Most Popular Books by Robert Westall

After Yaxley disappears, the inhabitants of an English village fear that his ugly old cat will uncover the truth about a secret they are hiding.

Two creatures from outer space join up with two cats to explore animal rights and environmental issues in this sardonic fable.

Geoff Ashden, one-time bomber pilot, is now demobbed and trying to make an honest living in the antiques business. As he buys and sells, he encounters mysteries, such as the little-boy-lost call which the police refuse to deal with and the empty antique bed which seemed to contain a moving female body. These mysteries seem to occur only when Ashden is around. Why?

"A rip-roaring collection of supernatural short stories, guaranteed to set spines shivering" --Back cover.

Tales of psychological suspense and the possible supernatural.

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.

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..?

Ritorna uno dei romanzi più importanti della letteratura per ragazzi.

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.

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.

Joe Clarke en a vu d''autres...Et pourtant, tout réparateur de clocher qu''il est, cette fois, il tombe de haut ! Une des gargouilles qui ornent la cathédrale de Muncaster a un pouvoir maléfique. Quel hideux secret, niché au fond de ses pierres, la pousse à tuer ? Un mystère se cache dans les murs de Brangwyn Gardens, une pension du cœur de Londres. Harry, un jeune étudiant, le découvre par hasard. Mais est-ce vraiment par hasard ? Deux histoires où le passé resurgit dans le présent, créant l''effroi et la surprise.

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.