Catherine Johnson

Journey Back to Freedom: The Olaudah Equiano Story

By Catherine Johnson - By Katie Hickey (illus.) - Published 2022

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In 1756, an 11-year-old African boy is on guard in his village while his parents go to market. He spots slave traders who terrorise ...Read Review

The Curious Tale of the Lady Caraboo

By Catherine Johnson - Published 2015

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

England, April 1819. Mary Willcox, destitute and desperate, is attacked, assaulted and left in a ditch by two farm labourers. Later, a badly-beaten-up girl ...Read Review

Sawbones

By Catherine Johnson - Published 2013

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

‘Medical science is flourishing, and in London the illegal trade in corpses has never been more… alive.’ This quote sums up the novel ...Read Review

A Nest of Vipers

By Catherine Johnson - Published 2008

Genres:

Children/Young AdultMystery/Crime

London, 1712. Mother Hopkins is the fearsome matriarch of a young criminal gang based in the Nest of Vipers pub. There is Sam, a ...Read Review