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Brian Gallagher - Stormclouds: New Friends. Old Differences. - 9781847175793 - 9781847175793
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Stormclouds: New Friends. Old Differences.

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Description for Stormclouds: New Friends. Old Differences. Paperback. Twins Dylan and Emma Goldman move from Washington to Belfast when their journalist father is sent to cover the turbulent early days of the civil rights movement. The complicated friendships prove life-threatening when the simmering tensions in Northern Ireland erupt into violence in the summer of 1969. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: YFT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 196 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 188.

Big changes are coming to late-Sixties Belfast. At first life seems normal for Sammy and Maeve, two children from the opposing republican and loyalist communities. Sammy tries to avoid trouble with his unemployed father, while Maeve has lived with her aunt and uncle since her mother’s death.

When twins Dylan and Emma Goldman move from Washington to Belfast they strike up friendships with Maeve and Sammy. Gradually the nationalist girl and loyalist boy overcome their suspicions of each other, and all four children become friends. But even as they have fun at local sports clubs, attend the Goldman’s barbeques, ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The O'Brien Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781847175793
SKU
9781847175793
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Brian Gallagher
Brian Gallagher was born in Dublin. He is a full-time writer whose plays and short stories have been produced in Ireland, Britain and Canada. He has worked extensively in radio and television, writing many dramas and documentaries. He collaborated with composer Shaun Purcell on the musical, Larkin, for which he wrote the book and lyrics, and on ... Read more

Reviews for Stormclouds: New Friends. Old Differences.
poignant … absorbing
The Swallows Nest the impressive achievement of this historical novel is to present complex events lucidly and to convey their intensity. Readers of eleven upwards will be absorbed by the dramatic events which impact upon the lives of the four main characters
School Librarian Magazine the reality of violence and its aftermath is well done ... Read more

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