by admin | Oct 27, 2010 | 5th/6th, Class Novel
In the sixteenth century, Granuaile, the Pirate Queen, warrior and leader, was the terror of the North Atlantic and the most feared woman in Ireland. Heading a large army and a fleet of ships, she lived by trading and raiding and demanding tribute from all who sailed...
by admin | Oct 27, 2010 | 5th/6th, Class Novel
It’s 1916 but Amelia Pim’s thoughts are on Frederick Goodbody and not on the war in Europe. Then Frederick enlists. The pacifist Quaker community is shocked but Amelia is secretly proud of her hero and goes to the quayside to wave him farewell. For her friend MaryAnn,...
by admin | Oct 27, 2010 | 5th/6th, Class Novel
Ricky has withdrawn from the world into his own inner space. Placed in a foster home which is full of sunshine and goodness, he is uncertain how to become part of family life. He often retreats to his favourite hideaway, a special chair in the attic, and adopts the...
by admin | Oct 26, 2010 | 5th/6th, Class Novel
Alice Colossus is a bright but shy twelve-year-old who has spent her life in an orphanage in upstate New York. Then at summer camp the girls keep mistaking her for someone called Miami. Is this a clue to Alice’s real background? Determined to solve the mystery, Alice...
by admin | Oct 26, 2010 | 5th/6th, Class Novel
Lockie is a bit of a misfit. Orphaned, he is placed in foster home after foster home, but somehow he never settles in. ‘Troublemaker’ is the general verdict. He runs away and meets up with some colourful characters – Dadge and his strange friends Pasha and Mammy...
