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The Climbing Boys
ISBN: 9781788493727
Pub Date: 2023-11-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: The O'Brien Press
208 Pages
Dublin, 1830: When his da breaks his arm, Hugh ‘Scholar’ O’Dare has to leave school to work as a chimney sweeper with his brothers. The job is scary and dangerous, but Scholar knows their growing...
In Between Worlds
The Journey of the Famine Girls
ISBN: 9781788493468
Pub Date: 2023-11-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: The O'Brien Press
288 Pages
In 1849, the Thomas Arbuthnot set sail for Australia.Onboard were 194 Irish girls.I heard the emotion in Sarah’s voice as she asked, ‘Will we ever come back?’‘Come back where?’‘Home,’...
Safe Harbour
ISBN: 9781788493970
Pub Date: 2023-07-08
Format: Paperback
Imprint: The O'Brien Press
176 Pages
Sophie and Hugh are left homeless when their house is bombed during the London Blitz. Their mother is seriously injured and their Dad is away fighting, so the children are sent to their grandfather in Ireland. How will they live in a strange country with a gruff old man who probably hates them? And will the family ever be together again?
The Children of Croke Park
Bloody Sunday 1920
ISBN: 9781788493840
Pub Date: 2023-06-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: The O'Brien Press
176 Pages
Through the lives of three children who died on 21 November 1920, relive the story of Bloody Sunday, when a gaelic football match in Croke Park was the scene of slaughter by British forces. Gripping historical fiction.
Winds of Change
Three Children Caught Up In Ireland’s Land War
ISBN: 9781788491952
Pub Date: 2021-05-29
Format: Paperback
Imprint: The O'Brien Press
272 Pages
In 1880’s Ireland, with the Land War raging and evictions and boycotting overturning everyday life, three children from very different background form a secret – and dangerous – alliance.
An Creanaiche (The Sufferer)
ISBN: 9781910124789
Pub Date: 2021-05-19
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Sandstone Press
96 Pages
Tha Màiri NicEchairne ag ràdh gun robh i eòlach air Lee Harvey Oswald agus gun do theich i fhèin às na Stàitean, ach chan eil neach-naidheachd Ruairidh MacIlleathain cinnteach mun sgeul aice.
The Kidds of Summerhill
ISBN: 9781788492317
Pub Date: 2021-05-01
Format: Paperback
Imprint: The O'Brien Press
288 Pages
When Ma dies, Nancy is determined to keep her family together in their Dublin tenement and not in the industrial schools where the Cruelty Men believe they should be. Will she succeed?
Lily Steps Up
A Lissadell Story
ISBN: 9781788492096
Pub Date: 2020-12-05
Format: Paperback
Imprint: The O'Brien Press
320 Pages
Lily and Nellie work hard as housemaids in Lissadell. And yet their days are full of friendship, fun, and even madcap bicycle rides with Maeve, daughter of the famous Republican, Countess Markievicz. But Nellie is all alone in the world; she grew up in the workhouse, where she was separated from her sisters. Lily longs to help her, but how can she?

The Climbing Boys
ISBN: 9781788493727
Pub Date: 2023-11-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: The O'Brien Press
208 Pages
In Between Worlds
The Journey of the Famine Girls
ISBN: 9781788493468
Pub Date: 2023-11-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: The O'Brien Press
288 Pages
Safe Harbour
ISBN: 9781788493970
Pub Date: 2023-07-08
Format: Paperback
Imprint: The O'Brien Press
176 Pages
The Children of Croke Park
Bloody Sunday 1920
ISBN: 9781788493840
Pub Date: 2023-06-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: The O'Brien Press
176 Pages
Winds of Change
Three Children Caught Up In Ireland’s Land War
ISBN: 9781788491952
Pub Date: 2021-05-29
Format: Paperback
Imprint: The O'Brien Press
272 Pages
An Creanaiche (The Sufferer)
ISBN: 9781910124789
Pub Date: 2021-05-19
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Sandstone Press
96 Pages
The Kidds of Summerhill
ISBN: 9781788492317
Pub Date: 2021-05-01
Format: Paperback
Imprint: The O'Brien Press
288 Pages
Lily Steps Up
A Lissadell Story
ISBN: 9781788492096
Pub Date: 2020-12-05
Format: Paperback
Imprint: The O'Brien Press
320 Pages