Troublemakers

Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2018Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2018Longlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2018In 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.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine Barter, Barter Catherine
• Publisher: Andersen Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 12 to 17
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781783445240
• ISBN: 978-1-78344-524-0
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Violence, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Politics & Government, Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Interest age: from c 13 years, Personal & social issues: siblings (Children's / Teenage), Social issues (Children's / Teenage), YOUNG ADULT FICTION / LGBTQ+, Children’s / Teenage: Social issues / topics