The children of Frimly Prim hear that their school is to be closed down and decide there's only one thing to do - 16 of the top class start a sit-in. At first it is fun, but the siege is brought to an end when a nearby building has a gas leak, but nevertheless the school is saved.
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.
