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In Between Worlds
When the girls are given the chance of a new life on the other side of the world, they know they have to say yes – no matter the price. How will they find the courage and strength to build new lives in a strange land?
The Climbing Boys
Dublin, 1830: When his da breaks his arm, Hugh ‘Scholar’ O’Dare has to leave school to work as a chimney sweeper with his brothers. When a travelling sweep's apprentice starts going after their jobs, Scholar is tasked with scaring him off, but a shocking secret comes to light. Who will they turn to, and how will the secret change their futures?
Safe Harbour
Sophie and Hugh are left homeless when their house is bombed during the London Blitz. Their mother is seriously injured and their Dad is away fighting, so the children are sent to their grandfather in Ireland. How will they live in a strange country with a gruff old man who probably hates them? And will the family ever be together again?
The Children of Croke Park
Through the lives of three children who died on 21 November 1920, relive the story of Bloody Sunday, when a gaelic football match in Croke Park was the scene of slaughter by British forces. Gripping historical fiction.
Faster Than the Swords
It's summer 1843 - the time of the Rebecca Riots - and feelings are running high in the Tywi valley. The teenage twins of Tafarn y Wawr in Llangadog find themselves caught up in the struggle, but they...
The Empty Room
Based on the story of Eileen and Trefor Beasley's stand for the Welsh language in the 1950s, when they refused to pay the local council tax until they received a Welsh request form. Their protest lasted...
Winds of Change
In 1880’s Ireland, with the Land War raging and evictions and boycotting overturning everyday life, three children from very different backgrounds form a secret – and dangerous – alliance.
An Creanaiche (The Sufferer)
Tha Màiri NicEchairne ag ràdh gun robh i eòlach air Lee Harvey Oswald agus gun do theich i fhèin às na Stàitean, ach chan eil neach-naidheachd Ruairidh MacIlleathain cinnteach mun sgeul aice.
The Kidds of Summerhill
When Ma dies, Nancy is determined to keep her family together in their Dublin tenement and not in the industrial schools where the Cruelty Men believe they should be. Will she succeed?
Lily Steps Up
Lily and Nellie work hard as housemaids in Lissadell. And yet their days are full of friendship, fun, and even madcap bicycle rides with Maeve, daughter of the famous Republican, Countess Markievicz. But Nellie is all alone in the world; she grew up in the workhouse, where she was separated from her sisters. Lily longs to help her, but how can she?
