Packed with the adventure that time travel promises, readers experience how one small change can alter the course of history in this historical fiction story bringing readers back to the difficult times of the Great Irish Famine.
The latest in the In A Nutshell series acts as a poignant retelling of the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer for child readers. Oppenheimer, a theoretical physicist from the United States of America, was the director of the Manhattan Project during World War II and known by many as ‘the father of the atomic bomb’.
This time-slip novel tells the story of Cromwell’s Irish campaign. It is a well-grounded and well-researched book. It gives up-to-date references and online resources that would be very useful to students and teachers. The time-slip elements are imaginatively handled.
Votes for Women! is number 14 in the hugely popular Heroes In a Nutshell series from Poolbeg Press. Published to coincide with the 100-year anniversary of the granting of the parliamentary vote for women in Ireland, four of the women closely associated with the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement are featured in short accessible biographies.
Callaghan’s début novel delves into the supernatural goings on in the Irish town of Bailey. The story follows three teenagers Josh, Kate and Gabe who each lose a loved one to the water. Forming an unlikely alliance with historian Naylor, they work together to uncover the centuries-old evil in their hometown.
Deeply rooted in the genre of historical fiction, Murphy’s newest novel Leo’s War follows a twelve-year-old boy named Leo. This multi-cultural and multi-generational novel revolves around Leo and his disabled sister Ruby as Hitler’s Nazis invade Italy.
James Joyce: Literary Legend is the latest instalment of Poolbeg’s In a Nutshell series. The illustrated paperback describes the life and career of one of Ireland’s greatest writers.
Set in a small isolated island community Daughter of the Storm is a compelling second novel by Tina Callaghan. The story begins with American teen Lia (16) who has run away from New York seeking answers following the death of her father. Lia travels to Ireland to see her uncle, Harry Crowe, a publican who still lives on the small island her father emigrated from. But this is a novel of duelling narratives told from not just Lia’s perspective, but also the other inhabitants of the island.
1940. In order to escape the bombs falling over Manchester as World War II rages, Lottie and Albert Hope are sent from their home to a small Irish village called Kilbree. While walking in the woods one day, they meet a young boy named Blaise and find themselves drawn into a mysterious otherworld populated by werewolves.
The story of the Boole sisters is told creatively from start to finish in this instalment of the In a Nutshell series. A delight for young readers, the lives of the four daughters of the famous George Boole are brought vividly to life.
