in a sentence or so: Bobby, his mom, and his half-brother Dennis are moving to the country to escape Dublin. Bobby needs to get away from his no-good friends (says his mom) and his mom needs to get away from the debt-collectors (says Bobby). but life in the country brings on more mystery than any of...
This story of a troubled Irish family who move to the countryside so that the 14-year-old protagonist can get away from the life filled with robbery, drugs and drinking he knows in Dublin is, for the most part, engaging and not quite what I expected. I normally really dislike characters like Bobby, ...
mp3 Dublin. Tess meets Kevin and Kevin wants Tess's help. The squirrel meets the chipmunk and the chipmunk needs the squirrel's help.Nice story that, as has been noted by others, does tend to meander somewhat.
This got such rave reviews, and while I thought it was clever and liked how things fit together, I just found myself not caring about the characters and not understanding where the supposed passion they claimed came from. Overall, it was just very slow-going, and in a book about how fast time is mov...
The cover of this book is so misleading. It makes it look like a scifi mystery type. That made it hard for me to get started with it. I checked it out several times and finally picked it up and started going this week. I loved it. So easy to read and packed with Irish traditions and stories. I...
And so The Last of the High Kings becomes my last book of 2008!This is the sequel to The New Policeman. The main character of that book, J.J. Liddy, has grown and has a family of his own, including one special member.The book brings back more interaction between the human and fantastical worlds of g...
I found this book when I noticed the interesting cover of its sequel, The Last of the High Kings, on the bookshelf at the library. I’m a sucker for interesting covers. Good thing we had the first one too. This is an interesting story blending music, Irish mythology and the hectic pace of day-to-day ...
Delightful music and Irish legends woven together with a modern youth's story in a mostly believable way. Strong characterization, rollicking good story.
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