Steve Barlow

Steve Barlow
Steve Barlow was born in Crewe but now lives in Somerset with his wife and cats. After working as a puppeteer, refuse collector and laundry-van driver, he became a teacher of performing arts, before turning to full-time writing. With Steve Skidmore, he formed one of Britain's most popular writing double-acts for young people, and performs regularly in schools and libraries. (If you haven't seen them in action, you definitely should.)

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Don't Look Back

When Perce, Andy, Eddie and Well'ard go on a school trip to London, they don't expect to find Orpheus, the most famous musician in ancient Greece, busking in a tube station. And from there the day just gets weirder...

Category: Fiction 7+
Publisher: Barn Owl Books
 
Paperback    £4.99
Dream On

The school play is ROMEO AND JULIET, Charlie is desperate for a glamorous part but only gets the role of the middle aged nurse. Meanwhile the beautiful Deborah is Juliet and Charlie's heart-throb Garth is Romeo. Could life get any worse………?

Category: Fiction 7+
Publisher: Barn Owl Books
 
Paperback    £5.99
Mind the Door

Perce's quest for the truth about the school caretaker leads her and her friends into a labyrinth of mysteries, dangers and dark deeds in this madcap retelling of the Minotaur Myth.

Category: Fiction 7+
Publisher: Barn Owl Books
 
Paperback    £4.99
Must Fly!

A funny re-telling of the story of Icarus and his flight and the incompetent inventor Daedelus, known as "Dead Loss" to his friends.

Category: Fiction 7+
Publisher: Barn Owl Books
 
Paperback    £4.99
Stone Me!

A highly entertaining take on the Medusa Myth set in a primary school.

Category: Fiction 7+
Publisher: Barn Owl Books
 
Paperback    £4.99
A Touch of Wind

The third book in the Mad Myths series, this volume sees disaster hit the school trip when Perce and Andy rescue a shipwrecked sailor and discover that knowing the wrong person could get them blown away.

Category: Fiction 7+
Publisher: Barn Owl Books
 
Paperback    £4.99