Room 13 (Lythway Large Print Children's Series) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Robert Swindells (Author), Jon Riley (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1991 | Series: Lythway Large Print Children's Series

Somebody was in there. Somebody - or some thing...There is no room thirteen in the creepy Crow's Nest Hotel, where Fliss and her friends are staying on a school trip. Or is there? For at the stroke of midnight, something peculiar happens to the door of the linen cupboard next to room l2. And something is happening to Ellie-May Sunderland, too - something very sinister...This is a gripping page-turner from a master of spooky suspense, award-winning Robert Swindells. Don't read this under the covers at midnight!

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'So scary you're afraid to turn the page' -- Young Telegraph --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

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. 'Plots which grip the reader from the opening paragraph' THE SUNDAY TIMES 'Robert Swindells writes the kinds of books that are so scary you're afraid to turn the page' YOUNG TELEGRAPH --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Chivers; Lrg edition (November 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0745113710
• ISBN-13: 978-0745113715
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

More About the Author

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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The book was exellent.Every page was getting better +better!, August 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Room 13 (Lythway Large Print Children's Series) (Hardcover)

Fliss is a young girl who goes with her school class to stay in a hotel for the holidays. But there is a very strange cupboard in the hotel that at the stroke of midnight it turns into a room and inside is a.......VAMPIRE'S COFFIN.........But Fliss' friend Ellie May Suderland is bitten by the vampire.What happens next?Read this book to find out.(May be it will be a 2-1 story with Inside the Worm!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Story of a School Holiday, July 8, 1998

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Sophie Beaumont [e-mail] (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Room 13 (Lythway Large Print Children's Series) (Hardcover)

I found this book to be a wonderful read. It's about a group of school children and their teachers when they go for their annual holiday in Whitby, North Yorkshire. The main character Fliss Morgan has an eerie dream that makes her feel a bit dubious about going on the holida the night before they set off. On arriving things don't seem as bad until the clock strikes 13 each night. One of the girls become ill and has to stay at the hotel. It is up to Fliss and her friends to stop the fiend in the linen closet from terrorising more girls and saving their own friend....

4.0 out of 5 stars Spooky!, July 8, 2005

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Celeste "Celeste star" (Worthing, uk) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Room 13 (Paperback)

hi,
i thought this was a very spooky book ...some part keeping you suspence as any good book should. A bit of a stereo type for my liking. Robert swindell flits between 1st and 3rd person(interesting).Fliss and her friend go on a school trip to witby and discover room 13 . It has a major effect on ellie may but what is happening????????