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Set in Belfast in the early years of the twentieth century, Giant tells the imaginary story of 12-year-old Davy and his friendship with 10-year-old Jacks (the young C.S. Lewis, author of The Chronicles of Narnia). Davy’s mum is a servant for the well-off Lewis family, and one day brings Davy to work with her in the hope of finding him a job. There he meets Mrs Lewis who asks him if, alongside his work, he will also play with her …

11-year-old Conn is always in trouble. His enthusiasm, overactive imagination and boundless energy seem to land him on the wrong side of his mum – and his school principal, Mr Cross. When Conn is banned from performing in the school talent show, he decides to take part anyway. However, his daring and dangerous performance doesn’t quite go to plan, almost causing serious injuries and definitely causing pandemonium. Immediately sent home, Conn spends the afternoon at UCD’s National Folklore Collection, where …

When Wild Detective, Arabella Pepper, moves away with her family and her pet crow, Blue, from the island of Little Rock to Greytown (a place perfectly suited to its name), she is torn away from the life she loved. A million miles from the hedgerows, green fields and wildlife of the island, Greytown seems an unlikely place for a Wild Detective, but a spate of missing pets immediately captures Arabella’s attention. Despite her mum’s warnings, Arabella sets about solving the …

Classmates – and definitely not friends – Conan, Jack, Yash and Jerry are in detention. For fighting. And for the little matter of a fire in the boys’ bathroom … However, when a supernatural monster emerges from a swirling vortex outside their classroom window, it isn’t long before the detention takes a sinister turn.  Watching the monster vanish into the garden of the eerie Mr Kilroe, an old man who lives opposite the school, the boys decide they need to …

Set in the lead up to Christmas in 1911, The Case of the Secret Signal is the latest book in Brian Gallagher’s new mystery series. Following the adventures of twins Deirdre and Tim, and their friend Joe, The Case of the Secret Signal picks up where the first book in the series – The Case of the Vanishing Painting – left off, with the trio looking forward to a trip to stay with Deirdre and Tim’s Aunt Helen in Carlingford.  …