The Best of Westall: Shades of Darkness v. 2 (The best of Robert Westhall) Book

Between 1975 and his death in 1993 the Northern English writer, Robert Westall became the prizewinning author of more than 30 books, including The Machine-Gunners, The Scarecrows, Blitzcat and The Kingdom by the Sea. He was the first author to win the Carnegie Medal twice. The Best of Robert Westall, Volumes 1 & 2 represent the author's own selection of his very best short stories. Volume Two, Shades of Darkness consists of 11 powerful, frightening tales all rooted in the ordinary everyday world. In "Woman and Home" a truant schoolboy stumbles into a weird world when he breaks into a grand, empty house. In "St Austin's Friars" a crypt turns out to hold a family's hidden secret which will not be laid to rest, and in "The Haunting of Chas McGill" the radio of a wartime bomber continues to broadcast the cries of the dead. These clearly narrated and riveting stories will capture the imagination of young and not so young teenagers. --Tamsin PalmerRead More