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Abandoned by her father and neglected by her self-centered, unstable mother, Sheila McGee cannot wait to escape the drudgery of her mill village life in Northern Ireland. Her classic Irish beauty helps her win the 1941 Linen Queen competition, and the prize money that goes with it finally gives her the opportunity she's been dreaming of. But Sheila does not count on the impact of the Belfast blitz which brings World War II to her doorstep. Now even...
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Noel agrees to take responsibility when he learns that his terminally ill former flame is pregnant with his child, and while the members of the town help the single father, he must prove to Moira, the nosy social worker, that the arrangement is best for baby Frankie.
5) Scarlett
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Viking
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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After being expelled from yet another school in London, twelve-year-old Scarlett is sent by her exasperated mother to live with her father, stepmother, and stepsister in Ireland, where, with the help of a mysterious boy, she eventually overcomes her anger and resentment and feels part of a family again.
6) Jenny Rose
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When Claire returns to her family's estate in Ireland, she learns that years earlier her sister had traveled there to have an illegitimate child, and when Claire arrives, she gets the chance to meet the niece she never knew she had.
8) Irish love
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Continuing the enchanting chronicles of the fabulous Nuala Anne McGrail and her spear-carrying husband Dermot, bestselling author Andrew M. Greeley takes them once again to Ireland for another thrill-packed adventure.
Back on the Emerald Isle, Nuala and Dermot soon get the feeling that someone is out to get them. They find themselves dodging multiple explosions, and someone starts shooting at Nuala while she is water-skiing in the cold Atlantic....
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An author who has received international critical acclaim for his exquisite prose, William Trevor saw his novel The Story of Lucy Gault short-listed for the prestigious Booker Prize. Love and Summer tells the tale of Ellie Dillahan, an orphan entered into a bleak future with the man she wed. As the story unfolds, Ellie's life is thrown into tumult by a fateful encounter with another man.
11) Fiona's luck
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A clever woman named Fiona must pass the leprechaun king's tests when she tries to get back all the luck he has locked away from humans.
13) True witness
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A teenage boy is beaten to death on Dimmock's derelict pier. Detective Jack Deacon is convinced they have the murderer; he just needs a positive identification to lock him up for good. But the only witness is astronomer Daniel Hood, in his own way a man as determined as Jack.
Compelling as the circumstantial evidence is against the suspected killer, Daniel cannot be certain that this was the man he saw from his window. Nothing anybody says - or does...
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"It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man faces into his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering an order to the local convent, Bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church." --
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Random House
Pub. Date
c2011
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English
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Ben MacCarthy, haunted by his wife's disappearance, searches for meaning by collecting stories for the Irish Folklore Commission in the 1940s, and encounters Kate Begley, the Matchmaker of Kenmare, who is determined to help Ben work through his grief.
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There is an island off the west coast of Ireland called Inis Murúch -- theIsland of the Mermaids -- a world where myth is more powerful than truth, and love can overcome even death. It is here that Lisa Carey sets her lyrical and sensual first novel, weaving together the voices and lives of three generations of Irish and Irish-American women. Years ago, the fierce and beautiful Grace stole away from the island with her small daughter, Gráinne, unable...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Sixteen-year-old Tamara Goodwin loses her father and is forced to move with her mother to her aunt and uncle's home in the Irish countryside, where she discovers a strange leather-bound book that contains handwritten entries--in Tamara's own script--that predict future events, but as Tamara tries to use this book as a tool to solve the mysteries around her, she learns that some pages are best left unturned.
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