by admin | Oct 2, 2012 | Book Reviews
Secrets and Shadows by Brian Gallagher is set during World War Two. Barry Malone is a twelve year old boy from Liverpool, sent to Dublin by his mother after the Luftwaffe air-raid in 1941. There he meets Grace Ryan – an outgoing adventurous Dublin girl forced to...
by admin | Sep 30, 2012 | Book Reviews
“The Demon Notebook”, published by O’ Brien Press, is the first book written by author Erika McGann. The book is about five girls who want to be witches. They try to cast spells but they never work until one day, after using a Ouija board, one of the girls...
by admin | Sep 4, 2012 | Book Reviews
“Leave it to Eva” is the latest book by the author Judi Curtin. This story is about a girl called Eva Gordon who is looking forward to returning to Seacove with her family for the second summer in a row! She can’t wait to see her friends Kate and Lily. Seacove is a...
by admin | Aug 14, 2012 | Book Reviews
Marco Moonwalker was written by Gerry Boland and illustrated by Áine McGuinnes. Marco the bear has escaped from the zoo and is living with Patrick and his mum. Marco is very smart and intelligent; he also has a talent for music. He can play the banjo and the trombone....
by admin | Aug 3, 2012 | Book Reviews
Do you have young readers at home who are looking for some new reading material during this dismal summer? Seomra Ranga has advance copies of three children’s novels, all by Irish authors, that young readers may be delighted to get their hands on. The catch is...
by admin | Jun 6, 2012 | Book Reviews
Rugby Spirit is a book about a young boy, Eoin, who is going boarding to Castlerock College, and what he doesn’t know is that his grandad, Dixie Madden, is an absolute legend there. When he arrives, he has already made friends such as Alan and Rory who start to...