World War II has brought glamour to Roger's village. Pilots of the US Airforce are based there: Roger's heroes. All of his life he has dreamed of being something special. But Roger will never know glory. He's dim, everybody says so. When his wits are put to the test, can he avert danger.
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. Now a full-time writer, he is the author of a number of bestselling titles for the Random House children's list. In 1994 he won the Carnegie Medal for STONE COLD (Hamish Hamilton), a teenage novel about a serial killer.
RUBY TANYA won the Salford Children's Book Award 2005.
