Dead Cold is expertly done: clear writing, a sense of place, and the right number of well-drawn characters and amount of well-crafted plot for the length of the book. The fast-moving story line and the easy-to-understand English are the two winning features of this book.
Judges' comments on Dead Cold for the Language Learner Literature Award
I have written over 30 graded readers. I’ve won the Learner Literature Award twice, for Dead Cold (Cambridge University Press) and Ask a Friend (StandFor Readers) and was nominated a further two times, for The Big Picture (Cambridge University Press) and The Way Home (Cambridge University Press).