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Stone Cold

by Robert Swindells · 1993

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'It's like parachuting. Get the first jump over and it becomes routine, but you mustn't get complacent. Check your parachute every time.'

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Homeless on the streets of London, 16 year old Link feels he has become an invisible outcast. When he meets streetwise Ginger, life becomes more bearable and he learns the tricks of survival. But when Ginger goes missing, Link feels a sickening sense of foreboding...

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crimecrimeMore like thisLess of thisthrillerthrillerMore like thisLess of thisBritish mysteryBritish mysteryMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of thismurdermurderMore like thisLess of thisteachersteachersMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adultchildrens
Length
short · 100 pages

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