by admin | Oct 26, 2010 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Class Novel
The mysterious arrival of Bella Blackwell, ‘The Bird Woman’, to the village of Ballyglen disturbs the peace and quiet of the Murphy household next door. Granny Rose is suspicious of Bella, and Rory doesn’t trust her, but ten-year-old Mia falls under...
by admin | Oct 23, 2010 | 5th/6th, Class Novel
It is 1916 and Europe is at war. From the poverty of the Dublin slums twelve-year-old Jimmy Conway sees it all as glorious, and loves the British Army for which his father is fighting. But when war comes to his own streets Jimmy’s loyalties are divided. The...
by admin | Oct 23, 2010 | 5th/6th, Class Novel
Asked to recount his wartime experiences, the old painter Marcel looks back on a childhood touched by war but almost oblivious to its importance. Living in a small village in Occupied France during the Second World War, the child Marcel and his two older brothers René...
by admin | Oct 23, 2010 | 5th/6th, Class Novel
Chamus’s nightmare begins when he survives a massacre. Suicide-bombers from neighbouring Bartokhrin are terrorising his country, Altima. How do you fight someone who isn’t afraid of death? Across the border, Riadni is no ordinary Bartokhrin girl; she...
by admin | Oct 23, 2010 | 5th/6th, Class Novel
Larch Hill is the only home Blue knows. She arrived there just a few days old, wrapped in a blue blanket. Her one hope is to find her mother or father and have a family of her own. Fostered out several times, Blue finds it difficult to fit in. Is there no one out...
by admin | Oct 23, 2010 | 5th/6th, Class Novel
Beverley, a bit of a snob, cooks up a plot to visit the island off the coast. She manages to convince the somewhat cautious Elizabeth and her slob of a brother, Gerard, to come along. A surprise companion is Kevin, the cool guy who works in the local shop. This motley...
