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Cover artist Paul Hunt. Publisher Heinemann Originally published 1993 Original language English | 3.3/5 Goodreads Country United Kingdom Publication date 1993 Pages 132 pp (first edition) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Characters Gail, Shelter, Carole, Link, Lesley, Link's Mother, Ginger, Nick, Vince Genres Young adult fiction, Literary realism, Horror fiction Similar Robert Swindells books, Carnegie Medal winners, Young adult fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stone Cold is a realistic young-adult novel by Robert Swindells, published by Heinemann in 1993. Set on the streets of London, the first-person narrative switches between Link, a newly homeless sixteen-year-old adjusting to his situation, and Shelter, an ex-army officer scorned after being dismissed from his job, supposedly on 'medical grounds'.
Swindells won the annual Carnegie Medal recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject
WorldCat participating libraries report holding Danish, German, Catalan, Slovenian, and Korean-language editions.
Television
In 1997, the novel was adapted for a television series of the same title, starring James Gaddas, Peter Howitt and Elizabeth Rider, produced by Andy Rowley which was nominated for a Best Children's Drama Award at BAFTA. The short series was shown on Scene BBC Two. It can also be viewed on YouTube.