Rosemary Hayes

Rosemary Hayes
Rosemary Hayes lives and works in Cambridgeshire. She has written numerous books for children including historical and contemporary fiction and fantasy – many of which have been shortlisted for awards. She is also a reader for an authors’ advisory service and enjoys helping unpublished writers to hone their skills. Rosemary lived in Australia for six years, and her first children's novel Race Against Time, set in Australia, was runner-up for the Kathleen Fidler Award. Rosemary's first Frances Lincoln book, Mixing It, about the relationship between a Muslim girl and a non Muslim boy against a background of terrorism, was shortlisted for the South Lanarkshire Book Award. Her next book, Payback, is based on the actual experiences of a young Muslim woman who was brave enough to defy her family and reject the husband chosen for her.

The Blue-Eyed Aborigine

This is the story of a cabin boy and a soldier marooned on the Australian mainland after a mutiny and shipwreck of the Batavia in 1629, who became Australia's very first European settlers.

Category: Fiction 10+, Fiction 13+
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
 
Paperback    £6.99
Loose Connections

An young teenage boy who is being looked after by his granny while his parents are away ends up looking after her.

Category: Fiction 10+
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
 
Paperback    £6.99
Mixing It

A terrorist bomb throws a girl and a boy from different cultural backgrounds together.

Category: Fiction 10+
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
 
Paperback    £5.99
Payback

Gripping story of a Muslim girl in London whose father intends to repay a debt to a distant relative in Pakistan - and she is the repayment.

Category: Fiction 10+
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
 
Paperback    £6.99