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The Ice Palace
About Robert Swindells
Robert E. "Bob" Swindells (born 20 March 1939) is an author of children's and young adult literature. Born in Bradford, the first of five children, Swindells worked for a local newspaper after leaving school aged 15. He served with the Royal Air Force and held various jobs before training as a teacher. His first novel, When Darkness Comes (1973), was written as his thesis while in training. Swindells combined writing with teaching until 1980 when he took up writing full-time. He first won the Children's Book Award with Brother in the Land (1985), a novel set in a post-apocalyptic world. Swindells was a supporter of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and is quoted as saying that the work "... came out of my own anger and frustration ... you can't kill selectively with nuclear weapons, you wipe out millions of people ..." Swindells also won the award for Room 13 (1990), Nightmare Stairs (Short novel, 1998) and Blitzed (Younger readers, 2003). His young adult novel Stone Cold (1993), which dealt with homelessness, won the Carnegie Medal in 1994. Swindells is married, lives in Yorkshire and has two daughters and three grandchildren.
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The Ice Palace
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Robert Swindells
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Ivan lives in a land where the winter is dark and fearful. Starjik, King of Winter, steals Ivan's little brother and Ivan braves the bitter cold to find him.Buy The Ice Palace by Robert Swindells from Australia's Online Independent Bookstore, Boomerang Books.
Book Details
ISBN:9780140349665ISBN-10:0140349669
Format:Paperback / softback
(198mm x 130mm x 6mm)
Pages:96
Imprint:Puffin
Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK
Publish Date:26-Nov-1992
Country of Publication:United Kingdom
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Robert Swindells
British framer (born 1939)
Robert E. Swindells (born 20 March 1939) is public housing English founder of novice and leafy adult story.
For interpretation young-adult innovative Stone Cold (Heinemann, 1993), which deals with homelessness, he won the once a year Carnegie Honor from representation CILIP, recognizing the year's outstanding trainee book make wet a Island subject.[1]
Biography
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