Sue Barrow
Children's author (living in Cardiff and willing to travel up to 50 miles)
www.suebarrow.com
Books by Sue Barrow
I have written two realistic fiction novels for teens, 'Keeping Secrets' and 'Sold.'
I'm also the author of two middle grade non-fiction books about the local history of Cardiff, and the Welsh Valleys.
978-1-914578-08-3
Sold
Fifteen year-old Roza is told she's leaving Albania for a better life in the UK. But when she arrives she discovers her father has sold her into slavery to pay off his debts. Forced to work as an unpaid servant, beaten and abused, Roza doesn't think life can get much worse...until she escapes.
978-1-843235-92-7
Keeping Secrets
At five feet eleven and with frizzy ginger curls Ceri Keeping is the tallest girl in her year group. She has great plans for her sixteenth birthday but it seems nothing will go right. It starts badly when her brothers arrange a cheesy phone call with breakfast-show host Jamie Carroll. Then Dad announces her birthday meal at Guiseppe's will have to be postponed. To cap it all the birthday card she really longs for - the one she has never received - is missing again this year.
Ceri is adopted although she has never seen her adoption papers. Now she is determined to find her birth mother, even if it means unearthing long-kept family secrets.
978-1-84993-002-4
Hometown History - Cardiff
Who was Ifor Bach? What is black gold? When was the world's first £1million deal signed?
With a helpful timeline, fun first-hand accounts, cool old photos of places you'll recognise and amazing top facts and information, you will discover things you never knew about your local town.
978-1-84993-007-9
Hometown History - Welsh Valleys
Who burned down Caerphilly Castle? What did the Romans leave behind? When was the Merthyr Uprising? With a helpful timeline, fun imaginary accounts, cool old photos of places you'll recognise and amazing top facts and information, you will discover things you never knew about the Welsh Valleys.