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Troublemakers
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- Book Synopsis
- Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2018 Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2018 Longlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2018 In three years I will be able to vote and I will still have less power than I did at the moment that I saw that email, which was such a tiny thing but look what happened. Fifteen-year-old Alena never really knew her political activist mother, who died when she was a baby. She has grown up with her older half-brother Danny and his boyfriend Nick in the east end of London. Now the area is threatened by a bomber who has been leaving explosive devices in supermarkets. It is only a matter of time before a bomb goes off. Against this increasingly fearful backdrop, Alena seeks to discover more about her past, while Danny takes a job working for a controversial politician. As her family life implodes, and the threat to Londoners mounts, Alena starts getting into trouble. Then she does something truly rebellious. A searing, heartbreaking coming-of-age tale for fans of Lisa Williamson, Jenny Downham and Sarah Crossan.
- About The Author
- Catherine Barter grew up in Warwickshire, and then lived in Norwich for ten years, where she worked in a library, a bookshop, and for an organisation campaigning for the rights of garment workers. After gaining a PhD in American literature, she ditched academia for the lucrative world of independent bookselling. Currently she lives in East London and co-manages Housmans, a radical independent bookshop in King's Cross.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781783445240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Andersen Press, (01 June 2017)
- Number of Pages
- 373
- Weight
- 305 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 x 23 mm
- Categories:
- Children's Fiction General Interests and Hobbies Children and Teenage: Work, politics and society Personal and Social Topics Children and Teenage: Death and grief Children and Teenage: Families and family members Children and Teenage: Relationships (non-family / groups) Children and Teenage: Social issues / topics