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Troublemakers - Hardcover

Barter, Catherine

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9781512475494: Troublemakers
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1512475491 ISBN 13: 9781512475494
Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab ®, 2018

Synopsis

When she was three, Alena's activist mother died. She's been raised by her half-brother and his boyfriend in East London, which is being targeted by a lone bomber. Alena desperately wants to know about her mother, but her brother won't tell her anything.

Alena's played by the rules all her life, but that's over. When she starts digging up information herself and does something that costs her brother his job and puts the family in jeopardy, Alena discovers she can be a troublemaker―just like her mother.

Now she must figure out what sort of trouble she's willing to get into to find out the truth.

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About the Author

Catherine Barter grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon, a market town in the middle of England best known as Shakespeare's birthplace. When she was eighteen she moved to Norwich to study American literature at university, and stayed there for the next ten years (except for one year living in Plattsburgh, New York). She has worked in libraries, bookshops, universities and an organization campaigning for the rights of garment workers. Currently she lives in East London and co-manages Housmans, a radical bookshop in King's Cross.

Reviews

Gr 9 Up—Alena has grown up in confusion about who her mother really was. When she was three, her mother passed away, and she has been living with her half brother and his boyfriend in London. Alena really wants to know where she came from and her brother is tight lipped about her mother because there are some skeletons in the closet. Alena starts digging up the past, and what she finds can put her entire family in jeopardy. The story starts out slow, but moves as Alena starts to find the truth about her background. Barter is adept at character development, but some of the writing lacks in complexity and falls flat. A lot of the chapters are short and choppy, which keeps the pace lively but fails to engage readers fully in the narrative. Teens will slog through and may not want to finish reading. VERDICT Not recommended.—Mitchell Berman, Zion-Benton Public Library, Zion, IL

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Publisher
Carolrhoda Lab ®
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1512475491
ISBN 13 
9781512475494
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
360
Rating
  • 3.88 out of 5 stars
    663 ratings by Goodreads