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    Link is a 16-year-old homeless boy living on the streets of London. He befriends another homeless boy named Ginger. Link later meets an undercover journalist named Gail who is pretending to be homeless to write a story. Gail falls for Link but is forced to reveal her true identity. The antagonist Shelter terrorizes the homeless community from his home in Camden.

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    Link is a 16-year-old homeless boy living on the streets of London. He befriends another homeless boy named Ginger. Link later meets an undercover journalist named Gail who is pretending to be homeless to write a story. Gail falls for Link but is forced to reveal her true identity. The antagonist Shelter terrorizes the homeless community from his home in Camden.

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    Link is a 16-year-old homeless boy living on the streets of London. He befriends another homeless boy named Ginger. Link later meets an undercover journalist named Gail who is pretending to be homeless to write a story. Gail falls for Link but is forced to reveal her true identity. The antagonist Shelter terrorizes the homeless community from his home in Camden.

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    Stone Cold by Robert Swindells - Character Profiles

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    Link is a 16-year-old homeless boy living on the streets of London. He befriends another homeless boy named Ginger. Link later meets an undercover journalist named Gail who is pretending to be homeless to write a story. Gail falls for Link but is forced to reveal her true identity. The antagonist Shelter terrorizes the homeless community from his home in Camden.

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    Character profiles - Stone Cold by Robert Swindells

    Link

    Name: Unknown, uses the nickname Link.


    Age: 16, based on the blurb.
    Place of birth: Bradford
    Date of birth: 20 March 1977
    Where he is during the novel: Most of the book, he is in London
    Occupation: Unemployed - he is homeless through most of the
    book
    Address: At one point, he lived in Wharfedale Road, London, or in
    Bradford.
    Role: Protagonist
    Friends/Allies: Ginger and Gail.
    Enemies: Shelter, Vince (his stepfather), the unnamed man who
    forced him to give up his precious watch (the Scouser), the
    unnamed man who owned the house on Wharfedale Road.
    Family members: Mum, Dad, Vince (stepfather), Carole (sister),
    Chris (brother-in-law).
    Key events in his story: Dad running away with a receptionist at the
    age of 14, Vince becoming Mum’s boyfriend, his sister moving out,
    moving to London, becoming homeless, meeting Ginger, Ginger
    being kidnapped, meeting Gail and falling in love with her,
    confronting Shelter, Gail telling him she is a journalist.
    Description: After staying in London, he says his ‘fingernails were
    long black claws’ and he had ‘matted hair down to my shoulders’.
    He says after staying homeless he ‘looked like a tramp’.
    Habits: The book mentions that he tried smoking when Ginger did.
    Ginger

    Name: Unknown, uses the nickname Ginger


    Age: Unknown, a bit older than Link
    Place of birth: Unknown
    Date of birth: Unknown
    Where he is during the novel: London
    Occupation: Unemployed - he is homeless throughout the book
    Role: Supporting character
    Friends/Allies: Link, Toya/Tanya and Doggy Bag
    Enemies: Shelter
    Personality: Laid-back, amiable, loyal and streetwise.
    Physical description: Ginger is tallish, has red hair.
    Habits: Smoking
    Gail

    Name: Louise Bain, uses the nickname ‘Gail’ whilst undercover.


    Age: Unknown
    Place of birth: Unknown
    Nationality: She sounded ‘Scottish’ and she said she was from
    Glasgow
    Date of birth: Unknown
    Where she is during the novel: London
    Occupation: Journalist, pretends to be unemployed and homeless
    Role: Supporting character
    Friends/Allies/Colleagues: Gavin, Link (before revealing she is a
    journalist)
    Enemies: Shelter
    Family members: Unnamed, pretends to call her ‘sister’
    Physical description: Chestnut hair, dark, wide and shining eyes.
    Shelter
    Name: Unknown, uses the nickname Shelter.
    Age: 47
    Place of birth: Unknown
    Nationality: Unknown
    Date of birth: Unknown
    Where he is during the novel: London
    Occupation: Ex-army member, discharged for medical reasons after
    29 years of service in the National Service
    Role: Antagonist
    Allies: Sappho (the cat)
    Enemies: Homeless people
    Physical description: A ‘big’ man, in his forties, has short, sandy
    hair.
    Personality: Cruel, calm, calculated.
    Address: Nine Mornington Place, Camden.

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