Why Not Read...
Into the Grey
'young teenagers will be gripped by this supernatural thriller ... an impressive work for the 12+ age group ... offers thrills alongside an important, but understated, lesson in humanity'
Sunday Business Post
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Bisto Book of the Year Merit Award (1999)
IBbY Honour List 2000
Children's fiction
Book Details:
Price:
€6.95
Binding: pb
Pages: 176
Size: 196x130 mm
ISBN-10 0-86278-573-1
ISBN-13 978-0-86278-573-4
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Rights held:
World, all languages.
Rights sold:
Japanese
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Blue Flag: For readers aged 10+
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Ricky has withdrawn from the world into his own inner space. Placed in a foster home which is full of sunshine and goodness, he is uncertain how to become part of family life. He often retreats to his favourite hideaway, a special chair in the attic, and adopts the pose of the Moon King. From this situation relationships slowly begin to grow ... but it is not a smooth path and at times Ricky just wants to leave it all behind.
Extract available: read some of this book now ...
Chapter 2: Dandelion Girl Meets the Banshee (or Not)
The Author Speaks
About Sisters:
Writing Sisters ... no way!
About Call of the Whales:
Researching Call of the Whales
Links
Siobhán's personal website
Wikipedia page for Siobhán
Teaching Resources: free to view and download
Teaching guide from O'Brien Teaching Guides Collection 2
Teaching ideas for fifth class from O'Brien Reading Programme
A workbook for use in year 6 by Susan Lyme-Wright for Ireland in Schools and the Key Stage 3 National Strategy is available on the Staffordshire Learning Net
List of all available resources
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Cover Gallery: other covers for this book
Praise for The Moon King
'... a superb book. It explores the world of foster care and damaged children as it follows the story of Ricky, an abused child, who is settled in foster care with the noisy, vibrant Kelly family. Ricky has turned inward, and hides himself ... Ricky's thoughts are presented in the disjointed inner-speech of a wounded child, with his thoughts in a different typeface from the narrative text. This is an adventurous book, and a brave choice of topic for both author and publisher.' Children's Books in Iraland
'Siobhán Parkinson is a cunning and practiced hand at storytelling, and getting under her characters' skin, and this is a dead cert for readers from ten upwards' Books Ireland
'written sensitively and beautifully, The Moon King is sure to be another winner' Dublin Echo
'Original and fascinating story . . . stylishly and thematically, Parkinson's novel credibly demonstrates the power of the imagination to reshape and transform experience' The Irish Times
'A sensitive portrayal of a child's struggle to rebuild his life' Best Books
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