Rob's Place

by John Rowe Townsend

With his best friend gone, his mother and stepfather preoccupied with the new baby, and his father's visits becoming less frequent, eleven-year-old Rob, lonely and unhappy, finds a fantastic imaginary refuge on a "South Sea" island in the local park.

201 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

John Rowe Townsend (born 1922) is a British children's author and academic. His best-known children's novel is The Intruder, which won a 1971 Edgar Award, and his best-known academic work is Written for Children: An Outline of English Language Children's Literature (1965), the definitive work of its time on the subject.

He was born in Leeds, and studied at Leeds Grammar School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Among his popular works are Gumble's Yard (his debut novel, published in 1961), Widdershins Crescent (1965), and The Intruder (1969), which won a 1971 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Juvenile Mystery. In Britain, The Intruder was made into a children's TV series starring Milton Johns as the stranger. Noah's Castle was filmed by Southern television and transmitted in seven 25-minute episodes in 1980.

Reviews

[Annabel · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really didnt like this book. It was so unrealistic. I mean who can actually imagine that and not have control of the dream. The background story was alright but the dream world was really boring. I might be a bit too old for this book but the writing wasn't great either.
I only rated it 2 stars because others seem to like it.