Danny Weston celebrates winning a Scottish children’s book award by sharing his love for Robert Louis Stevenson and his classic adventure story, Treasure Island
Newsflash: Magic and mystery books are winners for Scottish children
From the age of 11 I found myself sequestered in a boarding school in Peterborough. My parents had gone off to work in the Far East for three years and I was left in England to continue my education. Lucky old me! The school was absolutely frightful. Here they turned boys into men on a rigid diet of hard exercise and corporal punishment. To say that I hated the place would be an understatement. I longed to escape.
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