by admin | Nov 2, 2010 | Free
This is the first book in the famine trilogy where the Great Irish Famine is recreated through the story of three young survivors. Ireland in the 1840s is devastated by famine. When tragedy strikes their family Eily, Michael and Peggy are left to fend for themselves....
by admin | Oct 28, 2010 | 5th/6th, Class Novel
The dramatic story of the Norman conquest of Ireland in the 12th century. Full of battles and warfare, but a story of love, too, between an unlikely pair – wilful and wild Irish princess Aoife, and Strongbow, the greatest of the Norman knights to come to...
by admin | Oct 28, 2010 | 3rd/4th, Class Novel
Ger Kelly, a tough twelve-year-old, at the centre of whatever mischief takes place in his Dublin neighbourhood, sneaks into the Dublin Horse Show. This is a very posh event and he and his friends are there to cause trouble. Then Ger sees a vision of beauty. She is...
by admin | Oct 28, 2010 | 3rd/4th, Class Novel
If you’ve read Seven Spiders Spinning you’ll have met the class divided in two — the boys versus the girls — except for Pearl Hotchkiss, who maintains an independent position. Forever trying to outwit each other, the two gangs become embroiled...
by admin | Oct 27, 2010 | 3rd/4th, Class Novel
Seven baby Siberian snow spiders, frozen since the Ice Age, defrost on their way to a science lab. They wake up in a wood where the Tattletales girls club are planning for the school Halloween Horror Pageant. Their goal is to wipe the floor with their arch-enemies the...
