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154 pp.
| Holiday
| April, 2016
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TradeISBN 978-0-8234-3561-6$16.95
(3)
YA
When fourteen-year-old Oscar disappears and his bike is found in the ocean, almost everyone assumes he committed suicide. His best friend Meg, refusing to believe it, struggles to discover what happened to her sweet, optimistic friend after she moved away from Ireland to New Zealand. Melodic prose and well-defined characters keep the pages turning through the satisfying plot's many turns.
210 pp.
| McElderry
| September, 2013
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4424-8155-8$15.99
(2)
YA
In this Irish import, Cosmo travels back to his grandfather's youth and discovers that Granddad is falling in love with the wrong woman. If he marries good-looking Maggie instead of Granny Deedee, Cosmo won't exist. This genealogical conundrum is played out against the upstairs/downstairs world of 1940s Blackbrick Abbey, where Granddad is a stable boy. A fresh tale of secrets and boyhood schemes.
Reviewer: Sarah Ellis
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 2013
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