Robert Westall

Robert Westall was born in Northumberland and went to school in Tynemouth. He studied fine art at Durham University and after he graduated he worked as an art teacher.  He loved teaching and worked in Birmingham, Yorkshire and Cheshire as a head of department.

He has had around 40 books published and they vary from ghost stories to fantasy epics. Robert Westall died in 1993.

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Featured Books, with extracts by Robert Westall

The Kingdom by the Sea
Robert Westall
January 2010 Guest Editor Sophie Mckenzie on The Kingdom by the Sea by Robert Westall 'This book inspired me more than any other. The writing is great, of course, but what I value most about The Kingdom by the Sea...
Format: Paperback - Released: 28/05/2009
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Christmas Spirit
Robert Westall
Robert Westall was without doubt one of the finest children's authors of the 20th century.  In this marvellous collection, his favourite themes come to the fore - cats, christmas and ghosts.  Beautifully illustrated by enormously respected John Lawrence, there is...
Format: Hardback - Released: 31/10/2007
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The Scarecrows
Robert Westall
A powerful and haunting story about a boy’s pain and jealousy after the death of his father. Simon is outraged when his mother tells him that she plans to remarry. He can’t stand Joe Morton. He’s everything his father wasn’t...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/07/2005
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The Machine Gunners
Robert Westall
Carnegie Medal winner in 1975.   This is one of the best war books ever written for children.  Completely unputdownable, scary an dincredibly well portrayed characters.  It captures the life during World War II so brilliantly though not surprisingly...
Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 04/05/2001
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