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
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
Benny, the sports-mad, carefree lad whose adventures in Tunisia have convinced him that he can take on the world, suffers a severe blow to his pride when he meets Babe. He may be a wise guy, but she is at least three steps ahead of him. And he’s on her...
by admin | Oct 17, 2010 | 1st/2nd, Class Novel
Mum goes out for the day and Dad is left in charge of twins Katie and Ted. That means anything could happen. Tuffy the dog tries to keep order. Katie and Ted play at dressing up. This is OK until they decide they need to go into Mum and Dad’s room. Tuffy knows...
