Fiction

Frankie Finkleton’s world is a very busy one. She’s a typical eleven-year-old with a loving family and lots going on at school. Frankie also has a sideline as a very secret investigator and from time to time goes on adventures to an imaginary world called Thoughtopolis with her younger brother Fred and her dog Blue.

Is bleachtaire stuama é Agatán Sacs agus ní theipeann riamh ar shúil agus a inchinn ghéar. Ní haon ionadh mar sin go gcuirtear roimhe breith ar bheirt de na coirpigh idirnáisiúnta is dainséaraí ar domhan! Tarraingítear isteach sa scéal Clós na hAlban agus scaiptear an scéal fud fad na cruinne sna nuachtáin “Timeseachaí”.

Is í an troid lena Dhaid a chuireann tús le heachtra Airt, agus a chuireann fonn air éalú isteach sa choill. Cuireann an cúlbhrat dearg sna painéil leis an mbaol a bhraitheann an leaid óg. Ní fada go bhfaigheann sé amach nach í an choill an namhaid is mó atá roimhe. Beartaíonn sé féin ar eagla a chur roimh “An Cladhaire Mór”. Níl ach dhá chéim shimplí sa phlean atá aige: Iontas agus Díoltas!

Níl deireadh le diabhlaíocht Dhónall Dána! Insíonn an leabhar gearr seo eachtraí an bhuachalla óig agus é ag iarraidh airgead a charnadh. Tá bior ar a chluasa nuair a chéadchloiseann sé faoi ‘Nuamhaisiú’ a chur ar mhuintir na háite, agus níos tábhachtaí fós, an táille a íocfaidh siad leis as a chuid obair chruthaitheach. Téann Dónall agus Peigí in adharca a chéile ag iarraidh custaiméirí a mhealladh don ghnó luachmhar seo.

The second book in Biddulph's clever, creative and delightfully funny Peanut Jones series, The Twelve Portals continues Peanut's adventures in the magical world of Chroma alongside her genius little sister and science-minded best friend Rockwell. When colour begins vanishing from the city that inspires all the world's creativity, Peanut and her pals are determined to find out why ¬¬- and to ensure Chroma's increasing monochromaticity doesn't cross over into their world.

In the not-so-distant future, the world has finally recognised the threat posed by climate change. When Rory, an adventurous and nature-loving, girl isolated from her schoolmates by family circumstance is granted the opportunity to explore a re-wilded far north, she's thrilled.

The Eternal Return of Clara Hart, a timely exploration of toxic masculinity, is structured around two time loops: the loop in which the narrator, Spence, is forced to repeat the same day over and over again until he learns something about himself and his milieu; and the loop of grief in which he and his father have been stuck since the sudden death of his mother exactly one year ago.