In the Nick of Time
  • Published: 30 September 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446498835
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 224

In the Nick of Time

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30 Sep 2011
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20 Jul 2018
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A brilliantly atmospheric and chilling thriller from the master storyteller and multi-award-winner, Robert Swindells.

Charlotte is out in the woods on her own one day when something mysterious happens - she walks along a row of stones laid like stepping stones on the forest floor . . . and finds herself in another age. She has somehow slipped back to 1955, and is now, in the same woods, on the site of a very unique school, an open-air school for sick city children. No one believes her tales of the world she's come from, her mobile doesn't work and she can't see how on earth she's going to get back. A friendship with another pupil proves the key - is Jack more than he seems?
  • Published: 30 September 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446498835
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 224
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About the author

Robert Swindells

ROBERT SWINDELLS left school at fifteen to work on a local newspaper. At seventeen, he joined the RAF for three years, then trained and worked as a teacher. He went on to become the author of a number of bestselling titles for the Random House children's list, and in 1994 he won the Carnegie Medal for STONE COLD.

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Praise for In the Nick of Time

Short chapters, clear, punchy writing and clever yse of cliffhangers are the hallmarks of Swindell's writing, here used to powerful effect to create a gripping, fast-paced read

Kate Agnew, Guardian

Swindells helps the suspension of disbelief with a careful leavening of information about the 1950s and enough action to keep the story moving along

Books for Keeps

Definitely not to be missed, there is much to think about in this one

The School Librarian

Robert Swindells writes the kinds of books that are so scary you're afraid to turn the page

Daily Telegraph