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AWARD-WINNER<br />
Jimeen<br />
By Pádraig Ó Siochfhrada<br />
Illus. Brian Bourke<br />
A witty translation of the early 1920s<br />
Irish comic classic. A long-time<br />
favourite in the Irish language,<br />
it gives interesting and amusing<br />
insights into a way of life now lost.<br />
128 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-680-9<br />
€6.95 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
A fabulous series for girls!<br />
First kisses, boyfriends, parents who don’t understand,<br />
school, homework, friend trouble – sometimes<br />
it’s all just too much for a girl ...<br />
SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGIES<br />
Skimming<br />
Ed. Robert Dunbar<br />
Contemporary stories from Ireland’s<br />
foremost children’s authors, including<br />
Eoin Colfer, Carlo Gébler, Siobhán<br />
Parkinson and Gerard Whelan.<br />
White Ravens International Youth<br />
Library Selection 2002<br />
160 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-660-1<br />
€6.95 pb<br />
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Journals<br />
Diamond Star Girl<br />
By Judy May<br />
Welcome to 15-year-old Lemony’s<br />
world! A movie is being filmed in town<br />
and when Lemony and her friends are<br />
hired as extras, life starts to get very<br />
exciting! As well as new experiences<br />
in front of the camera, there are also<br />
new friends to be made on and off<br />
set. Lights, camera, action!<br />
192 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-090-3<br />
€7.99 pb/Rights available W<br />
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Copper Girl<br />
By Judy May<br />
Tammy is not looking forward to summer.<br />
She’ll be stuck working in her<br />
parents’ shop – so boring! But once<br />
she meets Marianne and Martin, a<br />
brother and sister who run a small riding<br />
school, the holidays end up being<br />
much more fun than she expects.<br />
160 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-990-9<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
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Rights sold SW<br />
AWARD-WINNER<br />
CLASSIC IRISH LITERATURE<br />
Enchanted Journeys<br />
Fifty Years of Irish Writing for<br />
Children<br />
Ed. Robert Dunbar<br />
Illus. Aileen Johnston<br />
<strong>The</strong> very best of recent Irish writing<br />
for children, selected by an expert in<br />
children’s literature.<br />
White Ravens Selection 1998<br />
192 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-518-5<br />
€11.41 hb/Rights available W<br />
Faery Nights/Oícheanta Sí<br />
Text & illus. Micheál Mac Liammóir<br />
Lively stories, written in both Irish and<br />
English, tell of supernatural goings-on<br />
during ancient Ireland’s festival nights.<br />
This enchanting collection is in the very<br />
best tradition of fairy tales.<br />
128 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-681-6<br />
€6.34 pb<br />
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Don’t Even Think About It<br />
By Roisin Meaney<br />
Liz is a latchkey kid since Mam left.<br />
She loves Eminem and pepperoni and<br />
pineapple pizza. She hates the girlnext-door<br />
and her gross chin dimple.<br />
This is a year in her life.<br />
192 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-984-8<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
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Blue Lavender Girl<br />
By Judy May<br />
Meet Tia, black-clad, cynical and<br />
completely allergic to school. She’s<br />
been sent away to the country for the<br />
summer and there’s nothing to do!<br />
<strong>The</strong>n she meets Jenny and Jackson<br />
and things start looking up.<br />
192 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-991-6<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
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Rights sold NO • SP • SW<br />
Hazel Wood Girl<br />
By Judy May<br />
Meet Poppy – she’s fourteen, and she’s<br />
just moved from the big city to live on a<br />
farm. It’s hard to fit in somewhere new,<br />
but she secretly hopes that maybe<br />
rock-chick Em-J and drummer Beau<br />
will let her join their new band.This is<br />
Poppy’s summer diary.<br />
224 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-992-3<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
Rights sold FI • NO • SW<br />
Blue Flag – Reading Level 10+ www.obrien.ie<br />
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