The Deep End

by Robert Swindells

Lisa's hopes of qualifying for the Olympics are dashed by the closure of the local swimming pool, but her boyfriend has a plan to stir up local support for their cause. Jake is eager to get involved and help his sister, but plans for a peaceful protest are threatened when troublemakers arrive.

61 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Robert Swindells was born in Bradford in 1939, the eldest of five children. He left the local Secondary Modern School at fifteen to work as a copy holder on the local newspaper. At seventeen he enlisted in the RAF and served for three years, two in Germany. On being discharged he worked as a clerk, engineer and printer until 1969 when he entered college to train as a teacher having obtained five 'O' levels at night-school. His first book 'When Darkness Comes' was written as a college thesis and published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1972. In 1980 he gave up teaching to write full time. He likes travelling and visits many schools each year, talking and reading stories to children. He is the secutatry of his local Peace Movement group. Brother in the Land is his first book for Oxford University Press. He is married with two grown-up daughters and lives in Bradford.

Author description taken from Brother in the Land.

Reviews

[Jack · Rating 3 out of 5]

The choice of ending was surprising and the parallels between the plot and the 2011 London riots was interesting. Swindells also knows how to keep a good story going.