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Bisto Book of the Year -- Merit Award 2003
Reading Association Award 2003
Children's fiction
Historical Fiction
Book Details:
Price:
€7.95
Binding: pb
Pages: 192
Size: 196x130mm
ISBN-10 0-86278-776-9
ISBN-13 978-0-86278-776-9
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Rights held:
World, all languages.
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Blue Flag: For readers aged 10+
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Six stories -- one set in Dublin, the others in the countryside -- about children who get caught up in the War of Independence and suffer dire consequences.
Mattie Foley dreams of escaping the harshness of life in the Dublin slums, but her dreams and reality become dangerously entwined with the discovery of a gun.
When Statia Mulligan sets off to get feed for the hens, she longs for the peace and quiet of her favourite spot by the stream; she doesn't expect to become part of an ambush.
Larry Quinn goes after the cow that has strayed -- how could he know that in his absence the Black and Tans would force his mother to reveal all she knows?
Extract available: read some of this book now ...
Black and Tans ...
The Author Speaks
Appropriate Lies
Gerard Whelan answers questions from young readers
Teaching Resources: free to view and download
Teaching guide to The Empty Steps, the first story in the book.
Teaching guide to Mulligan's Drop, the second story in the book.
Teaching guide to The King of Irishtown, the third story in the book.
Teaching guide to Dead Man's Music, the fourth story in the book.
Teaching guide to Services Rendered, the fifth story in the book.
Teaching guide to The Poor Cow, the final story in the book.
List of all available resources
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Praise for War Children
'Six emotionally charged stories, rural and urban, featuring feisty, likeable youngsters' The Sunday Independent
'Roller-coasters of emotion ... A riveting read' Inis
'Gripping read ... his characters bring recent history to life' Evening Echo
'These stories ... are moving, thrilling and yet sometimes funny accounts of events just a couple of generations removed from where we are now.' Mary Arrigan, The Sunday Tribune
'Excellent collection ... They will impel their readers towards new questioning as to what "war" actually is' Robert Dunbar, The Irish Times
'Very powerful short stories for young adults' The Pat Kenny Show
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