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Blue Flag Fiction Red Blue Flag – Reading Level 8+ 10+ www.obrien.ie C26 The Demon Notebook By Erika McGann Grace and her four best friends, Jenny, Rachel, Adie and Una, are failed witches – and they have a notebook full of useless spells to prove it. But one night, they stumble upon real magical powers – and their notebook takes on a diabolical life of its own. The girls watch, helpless, as their spells start to work, moving relentlessly towards the worst one of all … Can Grace and her friends stem the wave of powerful magic … before tragedy strikes? 256 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-295-2 €7.99 pb Rights available W NEW Nicola Pierce is a writer, who splits her life between Drogheda and Belfast. Spirit of the Titanic is her first novel for children. It has been a huge success and has been chosen for many One Book, One Community projects across the country. Across the Divide By Brian Gallagher Liam and Nora become friends at a feis ceoil. But their fathers are on opposite sides in the Dublin Lockout in 1913: one a striking worker, the other a wealthy employer. Can their friendship survive their differences? FREE teaching guide online 240 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-172-6 €7.99 pb Rights available W The Silver Stag of Bunratty By Eithne Massey In an Ireland full of war and danger, four children are determined to prevent Richard De Clare, Lord of Bunratty, from killing the magical Silver Stag to display his head on the castle walls. Adventure, conflict and danger awaits them. FREE teaching guide online 240 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-206-8 €7.99 pb Rights available W Secrets and Shadows By Brian Gallagher When her home is destroyed in the Luftwaffe bombing of the North Strand, Dublin in 1941, Grace Ryan has to move in with relatives in a different part of the city. There she meets Barry Malone, a Liverpool boy sent to Ireland to escape the terrible air raids on his native city. A friendship develops and a summer of fun stretches before them in the sports club run by Barry’s teacher, Mr Pawlek. But Barry begins to suspect Mr Pawlek of spying for the Nazis, and he and Grace attempt to find proof. What starts as an exciting challenge becomes increasingly risky, and soon their very lives hang in the balance. FREE teaching guide online 256 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-350-8 €7.99 pb/Rights available W NEW Taking Sides By Brian Gallagher Dublin, 1922. Working class Annie Reilly is thrilled to win a scholarship to Eccles Street School. Through a classmate she meets Peter Scanlon, a student in Belvedere College. Peter sides with the rebels in the Civil War and carries messages for them. When Annie’s life is threatened, he has to decide where his loyalties lie. FREE teaching guide online 224 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-279-2 €7.99 pb/Rights available W Where the Stones Sing By Eithne Massey A vivid story of a fight for survival in darkest medieval Dublin. As the spectre of the Black Death hovers over the city, Kai is plucked from the filthy streets to sing in the great Christ Church choir. But Kai has a secret that must be kept hidden – even from new friends Tom and Jack. Kai will need great strength, talent and help from unexpected quarters just to survive. FREE teaching guide online 208 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-277-8 €7.99 pb/Rights available W Spirit of the Titanic By Nicola Pierce The ghost of fifteen-year-old Samuel Scott moves restlessly aboard the Titanic as she sails to her doom in 1912. An eyewitness to the final days in the lives of rich and poor, crew and passengers, this is Samuel’s story … ‘This breathtaking book takes you on the deck of the Titanic with its amazing descriptive language describing every scene from top to bottom ...’ Guardian Children’s Books Online FREE teaching guide online 240 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-190-0 €7.99 pb Rights available W Rights sold CAN
MARITA CONLON-MCKENNA Marita Conlon-McKenna’s first novel, Under the Hawthorn Tree, became an immediate bestseller and she has since won several awards, including the International Reading Association Award, the Reading Association of Ireland Award and the Bisto Book of the Year Award. Her books have been translated into many languages. Children of the Famine Trilogy This beautifully packaged collection showcases all three books in the Children of the Famine Trilogy; Under the Hawthorn Tree, Wildflower Girl and Fields of Home. ISBN 978-1-84717-292-1 €14.95/ Rights available W AWARD-WINNER Paperback DVD Hardback Irish language Under the Hawthorn Tree A gripping story of love, loyalty and courage, set in the 1840s, the time of the Great Famine in Ireland. Under The Hawthorn Tree is a classic of Irish children’s literature. International Reading Association Award Reading Association of Ireland Award FREE Teaching ideas and Guide online Rights available W Rights sold AL• AR • BA • CH • DA • DU • F • G • J • KO • SP • SW • US/CAN Fields of Home In Ireland, Eily and her family struggle to make a living on a small farm and Michael works with horses at the Big House. In America, Peggy hears the call of the wild west. 192 pages/B&W ISBN 978-0-86278-509-3 €7.95 pb Rights available W Rights sold G • US/CAN No Goodbye When their mother suddenly leaves, the four children and their father must find a way to cope. Each of them misses her in their own way, but the big question for all of them is: will she ever come back? 176 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-362-4 €7.95 pb Rights available W In Deep Dark Wood A strange new neighbour spirits Mia to a land of legend, and her brother, Rory, faces dragons and danger to rescue her. A spellbinding fantasy adventure. FREE Teaching ideas and Teaching Guide online 208 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-615-1 €7.95 pb Rights available W/Rights sold G • RU AWARD-WINNER AWARD-WINNER Paperback: 160 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-206-1 €7.95 pb Hardback: 192 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-743-1 €12.99 hb DVD: 120 minutes, in 4 episodes ISBN 978-1-84717-249-5/€19.99 Zone 2 (Europe) Faoin Sceach Gheal Irish Language edition: 176 pages/B&W ISBN 978-0-86278-653-3/€7.99 pb Wildflower Girl The story of Peggy, who emigrates to America after the Famine, like so many others, in search of a better life. Bisto Merit Award (Historical Fiction) FREE Teaching ideas & Teaching Guide online 176 pages/B&W ISBN 978-0-86278-283-2 €7.95 pb Rights available W Rights sold DA • DU • G • US/CAN A Girl Called Blue Larch Hill orphanage is the only home Blue knows. Is there any way she can find her father or mother? The closed file in stern Sister Regina’s office holds the secret of her identity. And that is forbidden territory ... FREE Teaching Guide online 224 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-887-2 €7.95 pb/Rights available W Safe Harbour Two children are evacuated from the horrors of the London Blitz to live in County Wicklow with a grandfather they do not know. How will they live in a strange country, with a man who probably hates them – and will the family ever be together again? FREE Teaching Guide online 176 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-422-5 €7.95 pb//Rights available W The Blue Horse When traveller Katie’s family’s caravan burns down, they are destitute. She must fit into a new settled life in a house. But will she be accepted? AWARD Bisto Book of the Year Award 176 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-305-1 €7.95 pb Rights available W Rights sold G • SE Blue Flag – Reading Level 10+ www.obrien.ie C27
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