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  • The Curious Tale of the Lady Caraboo

    by Catherine Johnson ...
    Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2016, this is a very curious tale indeed . . .Out of the blue arrives an exotic young woman from a foreign land. Fearless and strong, 'Princess' Caraboo rises above the suspicions of the wealthy family who take her in.But who is the real Caraboo?In a world where it seems everyone is playing a role, could she be an ordinary girl with a tragic past? Is she a ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Animals Make Us Human

    Creating the Best Life for Animals

    by Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson ...
    How can we give animals the best life—for them? What does an animal need to be happy? In her groundbreaking, best-selling book Animals in Translation, Temple Grandin drew on her own experience with autism as well as her experience as an animal scientist to deliver extraordinary insights into the science of animal emotions and how animals think, act, and feel. Now she builds on those insights to ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Dance of Resistance

    The Josephine Baker Story

    by Catherine Johnson ...
    Illustrated by Katie Hickey ...
    Catherine Johnson celebrates the incredible life of Josephine Baker in this true story chronicling her life from poor girl to beloved actress, dancer and wartime heroine.Dancer, singer, actress, movie star, civil-rights activist – Josephine Baker was a phenomenon!Overcoming the poverty and abuse of her childhood, Josephine grew up to become one of the biggest stars of the early twentieth century, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Queen of Freedom

    Defending Jamaica

    by Catherine Johnson ...
    Illustrated by Amerigo Pinelli ...
    Series series True Adventures
    THE THRILLING TRUE STORY OF HOW ONE WOMAN MASTERMINDED SLAVE RESISTANCE to British rule in eighteenth-century Jamaica - part of the True Adventures seriesBlue Mountains, windward Jamaica. High above the army camps and plantations of the British Empire, a group of ex-slaves - called Maroons are building a new home for themselves.When British soldiers enter the forests to hunt them down, one of the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Infinite Darkness

    An Alendrian Trilogy, #1

    by Catherine Johnson ...
    Series Book 1 - An Alendrian Trilogy
    Alendria is a quiet and peaceful land where the Harmonics live quiet and peaceful lives in a Citadel built by nature. They value life and beauty, happiness and peace. Above all, they value the life source and spirit of Alendria, the Alendrian Diamond.But Volca, a skilled and respected enchantress, experiences a vision of impending terror.Hadian, a cruel, selfish sorcerer and the ruler of the ... Read more

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  • Freedom

    by Catherine Johnson ...
    Illustrated by Two Dots ...
    An action-packed story about a boy’s experience of slavery in Britain.Winner of the Little Rebels Children’s Book Award 2019“Filled with humour, compassion and hope” The GuardianNathaniel doesn’t want to move to England with his master’s family, leaving behind his mother and sister on the Jamaican plantation.But then he remembers what his mother told him: once a slave sets foot on Englis... ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Journey Back to Freedom

    The Olaudah Equiano Story

    by Catherine Johnson ...
    Illustrated by Katie Hickey ...
    From the horrors of the slave trade to a book that changed the world, Catherine Johnson celebrates the incredible life of Olaudah Equiano in this gripping true story.Aged only eleven, Olaudah Equiano was cruelly snatched from his home in Africa and sold into slavery. He spent much of the next ten years serving various masters at sea, travelling to the far corners of the globe. He witnessed ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Distant Daughter

    An Alendrian Trilogy, #2

    by Catherine Johnson ...
    Series Book 2 - An Alendrian Trilogy
    Evie lives a carefree life on her parent's farm. But her peaceful existence soon takes a fateful turn when she accidently falls into a freezing world of deep darkness, a world beneath.Evie meets Diego, a strange man who lives alone. He confesses to Evie that he has been living there a long time, waiting…waiting for her.His world, Alendria, is in peril, taken over by the selfish ruler of the ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Panacea Project

    by Catherine Devore Johnson ...
    A timely exploration of bodily autonomy set in a classic medical thrillerCalla Hammond has always been a loner—a product of the foster system and avoided by others because of a skin condition. When doctors discover her immune system holds the key to curing cancer, she struggles to advance lifesaving research in a world that sees her only as a means to an end. Yet along the way, Calla gains the one ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Nest of Vipers

    by Catherine Johnson ...
    Series series A Puffin Book
    'Characterful, page-turning drama and a vivid mixture of research and imagination' - The Sunday TimesA gripping tale of a group of larger-than-life con artists who roam the streets of eighteenth-century London.Cato Hopkins is the youngest member of Mother Hopkins's 'family' - a group of skilled fraudsters and pickpockets. There's Addy, who can become a very convincing boy when she needs to; the ... Read more

    $9.69 USD

  • To Liberty! The Adventures of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas: A Bloomsbury Reader

    Dark Red Book Band

    by Catherine Johnson ...
    Illustrated by Rachel Sanson ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Readers
    Book Band: Dark Red - Ideal for ages 10+An exciting adventure set in revolutionary France which tells the true story of a swashbuckling hero Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, whose mother was an enslaved African woman and whose father was a French noble.Alex is happy living with his brothers and sister on his father's farm on Haiti but his father wants to go back to France and can't afford to take his mixed ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • To Liberty! The Adventures of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas: A Bloomsbury Reader

    Dark Red Book Band

    by Catherine Johnson ...
    Illustrated by Rachel Sanson ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Readers
    Book Band: Dark Red - Ideal for ages 10+An exciting adventure set in revolutionary France which tells the true story of a swashbuckling hero Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, whose mother was an enslaved African woman and whose father was a French noble.Alex is happy living with his brothers and sister on his father's farm on Haiti but his father wants to go back to France and can't afford to take his mixed ... Read more

    $8.99 USD