Stone Cold is a 1993 young-adult fiction  novel Robert Swindells

Robert Swindells

Robert E. "Bob" Swindells is an English author of children's and young adult literature.- Biography :Born in Bradford, Yorkshire, Swindells worked for a newspaper after leaving school aged 15. He served with the Royal Air Force and held various jobs before training as a primary school teacher...

, which was awarded with the Carnegie Medal

Carnegie Medal

The Carnegie Medal is a literary award established in 1936 in honour of Scottish philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and given annually to an outstanding book for children and young adults. It is awarded by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals...

. The narrative switches between Link, a newly homeless sixteen-year-old getting to grips with his new predicament, and Shelter, an ex-army officer scorned after being dismissed from his job.
A young homeless boy, using the pseudonym Link, recounts on how he became homeless; his father left his family for a receptionist.