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  • The Climbing Boys

    Dublin, 1830: Can these brave young friends find a way out of the darkness?

    Dublin, 1830.When his da gets injured, Hugh 'Scholar' O'Dare has to leave school to work as a chimney sweeper. The job is scary and dangerous, but it brings him into the home of the most famous man in Ireland, Daniel O'Connell, who takes an interest in the young boy's life.Then Scholar comes across another young sweeper whose circumstances are much worse than his own, and a shocking secret comes ... Read more

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  • The Kidds of Summerhill

    by Ann Murtagh ...
    In the spring of 1945 a mother dies, leaving four children to fend for themselves in a Dublin tenement.Nancy, the oldest, lives in dread of the family being split up. The power to send them all to industrial schools such as Artane and Goldenbridge lies with the 'Cruelty Men'. Their spy, the Pig Farmer, lives next door and holds a long term grudge against the family.Thankfully Nancy has loyal ... Read more

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  • The Sound of Freedom

    by Ann Murtagh ...
    It's spring 1919. Ireland's War of Independence has just begun. In a cottage in County Westmeath, thirteen-year-old Colm Conneely longs to join the local Volunteers, the 'Rainbow Chasers' who dream of an independent Ireland. Caught up in republican fever, he smuggles guns, stands up to the RIC during a house raid and raises the tricolour on a lake island.But Colm is also chasing another rainbow — ... Read more

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  • Collected Poems

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  • The Good Turn

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  • Robert Burns and All That

    by Allan Burnett ...
    Series series The and All That Series
    Robert Burns And All That is a real-life adventure packed with historical facts about Scotland's national bard. Meet the lassies who stole Burns's heart and the creatures that inspired his poetry. Join his quest to rescue a lost musical treasure - and get chased by ghouls as he explores the dark side of life.Bursting with hilarious illustrations, Robert Burns And All That is a book that simply ... Read more

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  • Jack The Station Cat Takes Charge

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    Jack the Station Cat and his friends are expecting royal visitors to Tail’s End station. Mr. Parker the Station Master receives a letter. Twm, the cat at the Old Gaol Museum at Ruthin needs help. A rat is annoying the visitors. Jack goes to Ruthin but will he be back in time to take charge of the royal visit? ... Read more

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  • The ABC Book of Great Aussie Stories: For Young People

    by Bill Marsh ...
    A fascinating, moving and often funny collection of stories about the Australian way of life.For 10-14 year olds.'If you've got a minute to spare I'll more than gladly relate to you the real, true, fair-dinkum, ridgy-didge, authentic story ... 'Bill 'Swampy' Marsh is one of Australia's most popular storytellers - he knows a good story when he hears it and now he has gathered together a collection ... Read more

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    A class of young students rise up against their teacher one afternoon in a small west of Ireland town. ... Read more

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  • Star by Star

    It’s 1918 and Stella has lost her suffragette mother to the terrible flu pandemic that is sweeping Europe. The Great War is finally coming to a close, and women are going to be able to vote for the first time. Stella wants to change the world – but she can’t do it by herself. Just as stars come one by one to brighten the night sky, so history is made person by person, girl by girl, vote by vote. A ... Read more

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