Irish folklore is alive and well, as Arthur "Dark" McLean finds when he's wrenched from his city life and Playstation into a fairy fort and a world of legends Uprooted from city life by the death of his father, Arthur "Dark" McLean is beckoned into a rath—a circular settlement built during the Middle Ages—as he wanders the fields near his new home. There, he meets people big and small whose magnificent stories of warriors, monsters, and the fairy people provide an escape from his crumbling school and home life and take him deep into the world of Fionn Mac Cumhaill and the Fianna. O’Neill’s powerful new tales of adventure, heroism, treachery, weakness, and redemption entwine with ancient Irish folklore as Dark realizes that he, like his eccentric uncle Connie, belongs to two very different worlds. Includes a map and glossary.

Old Friends: The Lost Tales of Fionn Mac Cumhaill

Teen & Young Adult

O’Neill, Tom

Literature & Fiction

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White Lies

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

O’Sullivan, Mark

Thrillers & Suspense

Stylish historical fiction from a major name in Irish children's literature  Life is not easy for children in 1811. Annie Spears is a maid at Dinham house where Lucien Bonaparte is on parole. Her brother William makes silk top-hats for the mad hatter, while her little sister works as a glove-maker for the despicable Leonard Evans. They have not heard from their father since he was transported to Australia years ago. When a fire destroys the Spears home and William and Annie are accused of theft, they take to the hills with Sam, the chimney sweep, trying to make their way to the sea—but great danger and deceptions lie ahead.

The Lantern Moon

Children's Books

Friel, Maeve

A tense and gritty story of home values threatened by street gang violence The summer before Jack Klements begins high school in Seattle, his life is disrupted by a visit from his Irish cousin Finn, a "problem child" sent from Dublin after being expelled from school. Obsessed with the violent computer game Gang Feud 3, Finn has trouble distinguishing between games and reality, and soon becomes dangerously involved with a Latino gang in the inner city. Kevin Stevens’s pacy debut as a young adult writer is an adventure story with divided loyalties at its heart.

This Ain't No Video Game, Kid!

Stevens, Kevin

Action & Adventure

The first in a series about a deeply loveable protagonist, by a writer with an impeccable ear for a real teenage voice Primrose Leary has just started middle school. Likes: her pet rat, Roderick; her best friend, Joel; and being a little bit different (but not in the weird different sense—she wouldn’t like to be the only bald girl in her class or the only girl who always smelled of ham, or anything). Dislikes: living with Fintan (her mustachioed dad), the boy-school that Joel’s toddled off to without her, and not having her mother around any more. Hilariously and cleverly written, Prim Improper is the debut novel from Deirdre Sullivan.

Prim Improper (1) (Primrose Leary)

Sullivan, Deirdre

Where would you rather live—in a lonely apartment with your drunk father, only bearable when your big brother is home? Or in a small, snowy village with a frozen lake, where your aunt burns books to keep the house warm, and a girl called Pi makes your heart beat a bit too fast, and your cranky old neighbor teaches you to catch fish that look like ice dragons, and a hawk owl watches out for you by night? Mik has been skating on thin ice his entire life. When he is forced to leave his new home with his aunt Lena, he leaves behind icy northern Sweden and all his new friends, and his life becomes a living nightmare. Through forests and along train lines, over rapids and waterfalls, Mik is determined that nothing will stop him from finding home at last.

Thin Ice

Engström, Mikael

Snobs, Dogs and Scobies

O'Hara, Elizabeth

A zany superhero detective story, full of imagination and excitement Meet Madgie M. Cappock, also known as Mad Cap, of the Rent-a-Hero agency—no job too big or small. Madgie and her partner in crime Norbert Soup follow a series of clues to solve a mystery involving a missing butcher, an evil cat, and weird old Mrs. Mudrick across the road, who seems to have it in for them. On top of all this, Madgie’s mother has been acting really strangely and—wait, why is Norbert wearing a giant yellow bunny suit? Can the young superheroes figure out what’s going on before it’s too late?

Chop-Chop, Mad Cap!

Saumande, Juliette

From a Hans Christian Andersen Award-winning author, a mystery that begins with clues in a school in modern-day Brazil and continues through the ages to ancient Egypt, a medieval wizard’s castle laboratory, and the ships that sailed from Europe to discover the New WorldGaming whizz Will, along with his friends Sonia, Miguel, Matt, and Faye, gets an A for a group history project. But when their teacher reads from their work, none of them recognizes the piece. This is the first of a number of mystery messages which appears in their homework and emails, on their phones, and on their computer screens. Someone from the past is trying to communicate with them, and they must decipher the messages—the strange words from years ago—and figure out how to respond. The messages from Nefertiti, Marco Polo, and the other voices all have one thing in common: they all have to do with the importance of being able to read, and of history living on through the written word.

The History Mystery

Maria Machado, Ana

The second in a funny, smart, and touching young adult series, perfect for fans of Louise Rennison
Primrose Leary is a witty, wonderfully weird teenager whose friends are pairing up around her. Even Prim’s Dad is loved up, and she’s starting to feel a little lonely. But when Prim accidentally hooks up with Kevin, things start to get messy. And when it’s revealed that beautiful Mac’s dad is the drunk driver who knocked down and killed Prim’s mother, Prim has some serious work to do to untangle her feelings.

Improper Order (2) (Primrose Leary)

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