''Raider'' is a children's novel by

Susan Gates Susan is a feminine given name, from Persian "Susan" (lily flower), from Egyptian '' sšn'' and Coptic ''shoshen'' meaning "lotus flower", from Hebrew ''Shoshana'' meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose" and a flower in general), ...

, published in 1995. It was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the

Guardian Children's Fiction Award The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize or Guardian Award was a literary award that annual recognised one fiction book written for children or young adults (at least age eight) and published in the United Kingdom. It was conferred upon the author ...

.''The Raider'' at Fantastic Fiction
/ref> The novel is about Flora and Maddy's investigation of the mystery surrounding the death of a boy who fell into the sea from the ''Arctic Raider'', a deep-sea trawler, many years before.

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1995 British novels British children's novels Children's mystery novels 1995 children's books Oxford University Press books {{1990s-child-mystery-novel-stub