Catherine Barter

  • 5 stars across 4 books
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.
1st June 2017

Troublemakers

Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2018 Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2018 Longlisted for th... MoreTroublemakers

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4th February 2021

We Played With Fire

Winner of the Young Quills Historical Fiction Award Nominated for the Carnegie Medal Maggie has witnessed impossible th... MoreWe Played With Fire

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  • We Played With Fire

    We Played With Fire

    I love how the book reveals the dangers of trying to use and manipulate something we are yet to understand. As we watch Maggie & Kate being thrown aro...

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    We Played With Fire

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    I had never heard of the Fox Sisters before reading this book, what a weird and wonderful story! The start of the story sees the family banished to a ...

  • Troublemakers

    Troublemakers

    I enjoyed reading this story of Taegan, Alena, Ollie, Danny, Nick and thought that the way the book is written keeps you hooked. While I am not sure I...

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