Cult stuff like only Kevin Brooks can do it. Lord of the Flies in a locked room. One way in. No way out. Blacker and stranger than salty licorice. You would never get into a stranger’s van, would you? But the blind man tricked Linus. He can’t believe he fell for it. He just wanted to give him a hand. Now he’s a prisoner. Six little rooms. No windows. No doors. He’s all alone – so far. What is the man going to do to Linus? What is Linus going to do? Sometimes your worst nightmare comes true. Then you have to find a way to survive. Kevin Brooks has stunned us so many times: with Martyn Pig. With Black Rabbit Summer. But this is his knock-out blow. Our heads are still spinning.

Product Details

Catalogue number

8284 in ISBC EU Sec Rewards 2019/20

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780141326122

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Date published

March 7th, 2013

Lexile measure

540L Lexiles are the global standard in reading assessment. They are unique as they are able to measure a child and a book on the same scale – ensuring the right book gets to the right child at the right time.

For more details see What is a lexile?.

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 4.0; Upper years; 8.0 points

Condition

New

UK edition

Available in these packs

Carnegie Medal Winners 2010–2019 Pack x 10

eur prices

Offer price: €104.93

RRP: €104.94

gbp prices

Price: £78.90

Author/Illustrator

Kevin Brooks

Kevin Brooks, author of the young adult novels Martyn Pig, Lucas, Kissing the Rain, Candy, and The Road of The Dead, was born in 1959 and grew up in Exeter, Devon. After school, he moved to London and tried to become a rock star. The book he would most like to have written is Cannery Row by John Steinbeck. His most precious memory is of sitting on a wall when he was ten years old, wondering where thoughts go when you die. He decided that they float up into space and become fuel for the sun. His advice for aspiring authors? ‘Read as much as you can, and write what you want to write, not what you think other people want you to write. And don’t give up.’

You can find more about Kevin on his MySpace page and via Bebo at www.bebo.com/kevinbrooksauthor