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.

• Publicity and marketing campaign to be supported with proof mailing
• Troublemakers is Catherine's first novel, and was shortlisted for the 2014 Bath Novel Award (unpublished novels)
• A brilliant, fierce and emotional novel that discusses politics, LGBT themes and terrorism from a bright new voice in YA fiction
• 'Completely brilliant' Keren David, author of Salvage and Cuckoo
• 'I couldn't put Troublemakers down. It's a real page-turner, with utterly believable characters who are all trying to do their best. Barter is a fresh, exciting new voice, and I can't wait to see what she does next' Susin Nielsen, author of We Are All Made of Molecules
• US, ANZ and Dutch rights sold ahead of Frankfurt 2016
• Shortlisted for the North East Teen Book Prize, Leeds Book Award & Essex Book Award
• 'Wonderfully individual and heartbreakingly real' Kirkus, starred review
• Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2018, longlisted for the Branford Boase Award and nominated for the Carnegie Medal