Finn Hope is an eleven-year-old boy navigating the highs and (mostly) lows of day-to-day life as the middle child in a family that drives him crazy. Finn is trapped in a constant state of cringe and annoyance between his Lycra-clad cyclist Dad and his unicorn-obsessed little sister.
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Is deacair do bheatha a shaothrú agus tú ag brath ar phuisín – bhuel, mura bhfuil caint, gliceas agus buataisí breátha aige, cosúil le laoch an scéil seo! Leanann muid Cóilín agus a chara ar aistear aisteach agus iad sa tóir ar shaibhreas agus grá ach ní mór dúinn gan dearmad a dhéanamh go bhfuil Puisín na nBróg féin i gceannas ar na pleananna cliste a chuirtear i bhfeidhm.
Award-winning Brian Conaghan is well known for his gritty, heartfelt teen fiction, and Stealing Happy is a very welcome addition to his work.
Down on Old Worrall’s Farm, the hens are laying very unusual eggs. Some are striped, some are spotty and some even glow! When the narrator of the story interjects to challenge the hens on the patterns appearing on their eggs, they admit the truth: they’ve chosen to fake the patterns on their eggs in order to meet the rhyming criteria of the text so that they can appear in the story!
Readers of Fox & Son Tailers will be thrilled to return to the town of Ballybrush, this time paying a visit to Rory and Fox’s next-door neighbours Badger Books. The bookshop is owned by Badger, who has worked fifty-two years eleven months and nine days in the trade, has an extensive book selection and a very grumpy disposition. Badger always has the book to suit each customer’s needs – that is until Rory from next door appears looking for a very specific story about a jellyfish and the moon.
Are you looking for a sensitive read for your beloved pre-teen? Well, this book is not for you. However, if you are looking for fun, suspense, laugh-out-loud ridiculousness … if you like your (severed) fingers mysterious, independent-minded, green and putrid-smelling then this book is for you!
Art School (in a book) is exactly just that, introducing readers of all ages to the art world. This inspiring book is a future artist’s guide to contemporary art, taking the reader on a journey through the artwork of Vincent Van Gogh, Andy Warholl, Banksy and Tracey Emin to name but a few. It is an eclectic mix of artist and artistry, beautifully described in a Foreword by Olivia Colman.
This is a story about searching for life, and finding the meaning of life instead. What do we miss when we focus too hard on outcomes rather than being curious and appreciating what is in front of us? What does it mean to get lost, and be found? With the absence of little space creatures in our immediate vicinity, what would it take to shake up our own malaise?
Viola and Wilmur, two teens who’ve been waiting for their parents to return to their baron, salt-filled island for fifteen years, decide to leave when adventure comes kicking down their door (literally). In exchange for a mysterious book, Captain Chase agrees to take the children on her pirate ship where adventures ensue.
