Robert Westall
Robert Atkinson Westall was an English author and teacher known for fiction aimed at children and young people. Some of the latter cover complex, dark, and adult themes. He has been called "the dean of British war novelists". His first book, The Machine Gunners, won the 1975 Carnegie Medal for the year's outstanding children's book by a British subject. It was named among the top ten Medal-winners at the 70th anniversary celebration in 2007. Westall also won a second Carnegie, a Smarties Prize, and the once-in-a-lifetime Guardian Prize.
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📖 Books
The Creature in the Dark
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1997
A Time of Fire
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1994
Christmas Spirit
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1994
Gulf
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1992
Yaxley's cat
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1991
The stones of Muncaster Cathedral
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1991
The promise
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1990
Stormsearch
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1990
The kingdom by the sea
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1990
Blitzcat
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1989
Echoes of war
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1989
Ghost Stories
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1988
Ghost abbey
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1988
Urn burial
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1987
Rachel and the angel and other stories
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1986
The witness
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1986
The cats of Seroster
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1984
The haunting of Chas McGill and other stories
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1983
Futuretrack 5
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1983
The scarecrows
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1981
Fathom five
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1979
The devil on the road
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1978
The Watch House
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1977
The wind eye
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1976
The Machine Gunners
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1975