Room 13 Paperback – January 1, 1990

I found this book to be a wonderful read. It's about a group of school children and their teachers when they go for their annual holiday in Whitby, North Yorkshire. The main character Fliss Morgan has an eerie dream that makes her feel a bit dubious about going on the holida the night before they set off. On arriving things don't seem as bad until the clock strikes 13 each night. One of the girls become ill and has to stay at the hotel. It is up to Fliss and her friends to stop the fiend in the linen closet from terrorising more girls and saving their own friend....

hi, i thought this was a very spooky book ...some part keeping you suspence as any good book should. A bit of a stereo type for my liking. Robert swindell flits between 1st and 3rd person(interesting).Fliss and her friend go on a school trip to witby and discover room 13 . It has a major effect on ellie may but what is happening????????

I have used this book with my Year 5 class as our class novel and they have thoroughly enjoyed it! Here are a sample of their reviews.Firstly, I absolutely loved this book! Me and my class have just finished Room 13 and in my opinion it's my favourite book so far! It's about 4 friends (Fliss, Lisa, Trot, Gary) who go on a school trip and find a terrifying discovery. Ellie-Mae (AKA - the girl in danger) has someone always watching her, but luckily these 4 are here to save the day! This book will be suitable for 8 + because younger children would get upset easily. But I'm over 8 and I really enjoyed it. Evie Aged 10. A group of friends go to The Crow's Nest Hotel, but Fliss has doubts about this trip. I really enjoyed it because of the character progression and story. People around 10 could find this relatable since the people in the book seem to be 10. People who love thrillers will love this book, and anyone who likes sci-fi. In my opinion, it's a spooky story which is really fun to read and you should try reading it. Matteo aged 10.This is an amazing book and it is one of the higher books of my favourite books. It is about a few friends that went on a trip from to school to the eerie Crow's Nest Hotel, but one of the friends is acting a bit strange. Fliss and her friends have to find out what's happening. I think that teenagers of the age 10-14 would like this book beacuse it has some vocab in that younger children wouldn't understand. Paul Age 10.

As a child we read Robert Swindells' 'Brother in the land' at school which affected me profoundly and I still have the copy of it decades later. My daughters set Room 13 for her year 9 English so I just had to read it too! I may be 46 years old but the book is great. Engaging, many talking points of various subjects come up and relatable to teenagers. And as an adult, I enjoyed it too!

I remember reading Robert Swindells books when I was 10-11, and I decided I wanted to read them againReally creative plot and ending and I love how strange and unique Swindells books are

The cover makes clear this is two books in one. It's not. It only contains Room 13 so the cover is about as misleading as it could be. There is only an advert for Inside the Worm in the backmatter. Real shame as I thought I was buying both books in one.

I read this as a child and forgot about it. Yet scrolling through books I saw and bought it again. Loved it, even better as a grown up as I have been to Whitby and can use my imagination of the abbey, crowd nest and the seaside.I would recommend